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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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" 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. "

Edward Enninful

Friends

World

Think

" My mother and father just taught me the basics: to be really kind, to really listen to people. I have never been one to put on airs and graces. "

" The white T-shirt is like a blank canvas - eternally versatile. "

Edward Enninful

Versatile

T-Shirt

" With Rihanna, it's always a collaboration, and that's why I love her so much. "

" 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. "

" I'm very protective of all the vulnerable young kids that go on shoots. I can empathize. I've been there. "

Edward Enninful

Protective

I Can

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

" I'd never seen anything like it in my life. Someone so blatantly challenging the ideas of race and gender and sexuality. In a way, it was comparable to David Bowie, except that Prince brought that to the black community. "

" I love the optimistic American style that Gap celebrates and the simplicity of the basic white T-shirt that allows you to be yourself. "

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

" I take random inspiration from everywhere. "

" When I was really young, I had an afro and wore pressed jeans and argyle sweaters. In my teens, I moved on to ripped Levi's jeans, white T-shirts, and cowboy boots. "

" I don't think everything has to be new all the time. You don't have to have the latest designer all the time to look good. Just have things you're comfortable with, have key pieces that you can sort of reinvent over and over again, and always keep things that you really love for a while. "

" I'm just propelled by insecurity; that's what really leads me to want to do better. "

Edward Enninful

Insecurity

Want

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

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

" When you leave your house in the morning, however you dress is the way you want the world to see you. "

" The more you style, the better you get. Don't give up. At a certain point, the magic happens. "

" 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. "

" I didn't grow up with money; I didn't come from a rich family. But what fashion gave me was an escape into a world of creativity: if I couldn't afford that Junior Gaultier jacket, then I'd get one from the market and customise it. "

" I felt like I grew up with Bowie. I never dressed like him, even though I did love the music, but consistently throughout my career he has been a go-to reference point: The suit from 'Young Americans,' or the gold Missoni-type looks of Ziggy Stardust. 'The Berlin Years' still influences me. "

" For me, fashion succeeds when it says something about the times we live in. "

" I want 'Vogue' to feel like a shop that you're not scared to walk into, one that's quite welcoming. "

Edward Enninful

Scared

Feel

" 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.' "

" The best photographers know how to light any color skin. "

" People of power have to show empathy and kindness to the young. "

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

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

" I think if you're really good at what you do, you can see outside the box. "

" 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. "