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" My designs at Ungaro are a lot more sexual, in more of an obvious way: my personal designers are a little bit more sideways. "

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" If a piece is individually made to measure, then it's couture. "

" I believe in the democracy of design. "

" I've been a fella in the fashion industry for a very long time now, and the industry has been very good to me. "

" Students are up to their eyeballs in loans, and it's going to get even worse. It's going to be hideous, actually. Students are going to be saddled for life. It's going to put a lot of people off going to college, which is a shame. "

" My mother was a housewife. My father worked in the agriculture business, but they were very encouraging about everything. When I said I wanted to do art, they were very supportive. "

" I'm lucky that I've worked with the biggest divas in the world. We've had Miss Piggy and Minnie Mouse, so I've got to be careful who I say now, but obviously, I'd love to dress them again. "

" Single-sex private schools, especially in the middle of nowhere on a bleak hill in County Durham - I don't think they make sense. "

" It can be refugees, it can be a pregnant mother, it can be a 15-year-old... homelessness can happen to everybody. "

" I like women to have life, personalities. Women who would perhaps cause some trouble on a night out and have a lot to say for themselves. "

" Some things can be quite stupid yet interesting. Life can be like that. "

" My longest collaborative working relationship is with Katie Grand, the editor-in-chief of 'Love' magazine. Katie's an inspiration and a sounding block. She's got such great taste. "

" I'm interested in women who have got character and experience and an opinion about things. "

" My designs are slightly subversive in their way; it can be in the cut or the colour, but they're always obtainable: they're not so difficult that a 40-year-old woman wanting to go to a cocktail party looking foxy and a little bit different in something well-made would be alienated by them. "

" With couture, it means I get to show fall in July with delivery in September. My clients will be getting their pieces in season. "

" I sometimes sit and draw people on the bus, or some fantasy hybrid animal. You know, wherever the hand will lead. "

" There are some great skinny girls, but it's about characters, isn't it? That's what I find attractive. People who've had interesting lives and tell you something that you don't know or are really good fun. "

" I always find the idea of Britishness a bit of a boring old concept, to be honest. That world of Britishness always comes off a bit twee and only about cream teas and that sort of things. "

" Let's be honest: not everybody can afford to buy £5,000 dresses, so the jewellery is a nice of way of getting the Giles product out into the world and introduce it to people not familiar with the label. QVC is a really good partner to help us do that. "

" Pretty much hated school. I never really found my footing. I just didn't like lessons. "

" I don't design for wallflowers. "

" I don't believe in a recipe for success. You have to work hard; you may not always get it right - you have to bounce back from situations, and you have to be really focused and determined. It's important to have fun as well. Work shouldn't be a torture. "

" I'll spend a couple of days in Paris, a couple back in London, some time at the factory in Italy... I like travelling, but it can be a struggle to get home for weekends. "

" One day I'll do a Dorian Gray, and there will be a picture in the attic. I'll look like Helen Daniels from 'Neighbours' after her stroke. "

" I liked natural history. I liked the outdoors. And I found the sea quite interesting. "

" I've always liked historic jewellery that's got a kind of quirkiness or playfulness to it; I like that it's not too serious. "

" You take it very seriously when you start any project, but not everything in life ends up where you think it's going to be. "

" We want to be the go-to business for super-special daywear and eveningwear, to focus on what we are known for and what our customers want from us. "