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" I've been a fan and collector of Lucie Rie for years. "
Jonathan Anderson
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" I find it very difficult to see the boundary between womenswear and menswear. It's bizarre the ways in which society reacts; they find it difficult to comprehend seeing parts of the body on a man. I think it's fascinating. "
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" The minute you can be predicted, as a brand, you've got a problem. "
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" Work is an addiction. I've always done too much. It's in my nature. "
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" I always think the great thing about shirting is that it goes with jeans, and jeans are probably the most modern, functional garment that ever existed. That is what is so great about shirting - it is an up-play-down-play. "
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" During the 1990s, luxury became something exclusive and elitist. I think fashion got lost. It forgot about craft and culture. "
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" I'm completely dyslexic - it's the writing part. People read what I've written, and they have no idea what I'm trying to say. "
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" I think I am obsessed with Lucie Rie. I love the way she collaborated with Miyake, who for me is probably the most important fashion designer of the 20th century. "
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" In London, what I do on the weekend is be a person and have my own life. In Paris, it is going from this hotel to the office and back again. But I love it. "
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" Fashion is an archetype: you're trying to build a silhouette, and that is very similar to building up a building because you're trying to create a new structure, a new proportion, a new shape, and you're using a material to cut which is a bit mathematical. That idea of finding something new in terms of proportion is something that drives me. "
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" For me, menswear is an experimental ground to play with something. There is scope to be gained there - you can create a new normality. "
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" If designers are willing to take risks, I think buyers should take risks, as well with press taking risks. "
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" When I was younger, we went to Ibiza a lot because my parents bought an apartment there. I feel like that has always stuck with me. "
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" I love jeans, T-shirts, and things you can jazz up and down, a bit of a mish-mash. "
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" I'm Irish, working for a Spanish brand, owned by a French company. "
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" As a child growing up in Ireland, you would have to go to Dublin if you wanted to go to the luxury brands. And I remember my mother being too uncomfortable to go into some of those stores. I want to get rid of the barrier. "
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" My brother and sister were very sporty. They all did rugby. I was very into performing arts. I went to the National Youth Music Theatre. I was one of those singing, clapping children. "
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Children
" For me, the creative process is this giant patchwork of information. "
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" I try to live my life free of regrets, but I do have one style regret that makes me laugh and cringe at the same time. Mum used to dress my brother and me in bright neon bike pants and big baggy t-shirts that were so long you could barely see our bike pants. "
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" Sometimes you fall out of love with what you do. Some days, you wake up and wish you worked on a farm. "
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" I think ceramics are so amazing because they're incredibly educational - you can buy something made in the 14th century, and it looks like it was made yesterday. There's something to be learned there, and ceramics can tell you the history of the time because they're functional vessels, ultimately. "
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Time
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" When I was a kid, I remember the fear of going into big brand stores. You didn't want to go in because you felt like you couldn't afford anything. "
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" I have a huge amount of respect for all Japanese designers because I think there is consistency and respect to craft. "
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" Working with Uniqlo is probably the most incredible template of democracy in fashion, and it's nice that my design can be accessible to anyone, on all different levels. "
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" I am a huge obsessor with photography. "
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" Acting is about portraying something... that dedication or learning the script of it is really important in really getting to know a topic. "
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" If you're going to collect things because you think they have value, then don't collect. For me, you have to be obsessed, and there has to be something educational. "
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" One thing I think is great is that if you use social media really well - in a natural, personal way - you can kind of see what's missing. You can see when you're bored of something or of someone. "
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" I think fashion shows are a full stop. You need a point where there's no return, and fashion shows create a 'That's it; that's the finishing line.' "
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" The minute you see that everything is going one way, you get the hell out. "
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" My parents are huge influences on me. My mother was an English teacher. My father played professional rugby and coached rugby for the Irish rugby team. "
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Father
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