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" I've learned to put a big value on having a life outside of fashion, and I think that's what's saved me, because the fashion industry can suck you in. "

Edward Enninful

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" Social media and technology are democratising and opening up fashion and the process of fashion for all - this has good and bad sides, but that comes with any change. "

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" When I was 18 years old, I moved into Neneh Cherry's house in Kensal Rise with Judy Blame and our friend Michael Boadi. "

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" I like to play with contrast. It's about changing people's perceptions of people. "

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" I get nervous before every shoot. I'm really jealous of the people that can just rest on their laurels and say, 'I'm good; this is it.' "

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" My 'Vogue' is about being inclusive; it's about diversity. Showing different women, different body shapes, different races, class. To be tackling gender. "

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" I grew up reading 'British Vogue' - I am so honoured and humbled to be taking up the mantle of editor. "

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" By people getting together and celebrating this idea of togetherness, great things can happen. "

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" I'm very proud of the world that's embracing all these different ideas of what it is to be diverse, in 2017. "

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" The fashion industry needs to breed a whole different way of thinking. We need more diverse people working in all facets of the industry. "

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" I learned that fashion was about more than fancy images. That there was a business side as well. "

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" You never know where inspiration is going to come from. "

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" My memories of London Fashion Week are of starting out and not getting many tickets for fashion shows, but wanting to see them so much that I'd sneak in with my friends, people like Pat McGrath and Craig McDean. "

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" When I was growing up, David Bowie was my idol. I grew up in inner-city London, and he was from Brixton, which is even more urban. "

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" Music, for me, is as important as fashion. The first visuals I remember are Elvis Presley, David Bowie, New Romantics, and different punk bands. "

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" A lot of my friends, we all grew up sort of not very wealthy. And in England, whatever ends up being a negative, that's a positive. "

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" Kurt Cobain really made an impression on us. He just had that rebel attitude. You could tell he was super talented but didn't really care. "

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" I grew up in an African household, so lots of chicken, lots of rice. We ate Jollof rice, a very West African dish. "

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" Being an immigrant and living in England, I feel like I lived in two worlds. There was the world that, when I was at school with my friends, was very English, and then I'd go home to another country, with exotic foods and colours. I have a sense of colour pairings, and that came from my background, I think. "

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" There is nothing more classic in the realm of casual than jeans and a white tee - a look that is inherently Americana and reminiscent of the American Dream - an optimistic dream of opportunity, individuality, freedom, and the embodiment of one living their truth. "

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" I realise I am stepping into the shoes of a hugely respected editor in the shape of Alexandra Shulman, someone who has chosen to leave at the top of their game with a legacy of 25 years of success. "

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" There's a lot of research and time that goes into my shoots. I spend weeks on them, even for one picture. "

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" In my work, I have always tried to push the boundaries of what fashion can do. "

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" I didn't know anything about the fashion industry until I met the stylist Simon Foxton on a Tube. I was 16, on my way to Kingsway College, and then my whole world opened up. Before that, like in every African family, you are meant to be a lawyer. "

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" I feel like when it comes to the models, certain models are now like commodities in certain ways. "

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" I can't just go in and throw clothes at a picture. I still have to have some kind of an idea of a character, of who she is, where she's from. It's almost like playing a child's game. You have your dolls, and you create characters for them. Fashion indulged that in me. "

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