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" My most precious possession is a 13.5-feet-long fishing rod, made by an American firm called Loomis. "

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" Fashion remains closest to my heart. I get genuinely excited by my collections - I never wanted to be a businessman. "

" I went from fashion to glass in 1995, and I'm very interested in architecture. "

" I still love Birkenstocks. I just think they are the most comfortable things; I even wear them in winter sometimes. "

" I made my final collection in college in London using Irish handwoven wool. That is how I discovered Ireland first; I just fell in love with it, really. "

" Just because something is trendy doesn't mean it will suit you. "

" Beautiful fabrics last; synthetics don't. Certain fabrics, such as linen or cotton, develop their own character over time. "

" I always promised myself that I wouldn't do catwalk shows until the day I died. "

" It is hard to have a fashion business in any country, but even more difficult in Ireland. "

" I will never see myself as a businessman. I'm a designer. I have to be true to what I believe. "

" Fashion is like a four-legged table: you need a good designer, a very good business manager, a good manufacturer, and a very good distributor. Without all the legs, table collapses. "

" I love white walls because white reflects the light and is a great backdrop for art. "

" The day I feel my clothes are no longer relevant, I will be happy to step down. "

" I think, as a designer, what you have to do is challenge yourself to do what you do, but better. "

" I turned my hand to costume design a few years ago when I created the outfits for 'This Is the Sea,' with Richard Harris and Samantha Morton. It's a very different discipline to being a fashion designer, though - you have to rein in your own vision and work to a tight brief. "

" When I left college, nobody expected much of me - and nor did I. "

" A woman can look incredibly sexy in a black suit. "

" As a heterosexual designer, it is really, really important to have a woman's point of view. "

" Chinese people have that superstitious fix - people always do feng shui when they are opening a shop; even the Hong Kong Shanghai Bank pays people to do feng shui for them. "

" My family was quite poor, and the NHS was recruiting people from abroad to do psychiatric nursing. It was the only hope I had to leave Hong Kong. "

" Unfortunately, I used to play in goal, and I broke my hand. Two fingers. The ball hit me and bent my fingers back. I used to play every Sunday. I was quite competitive. "

" I think natural fibers look better over time. The more you wear them, they look even better. "

" I love fashion, but fashion is not my whole life. "

" It might be a selfish choice, but I find it quite difficult to design for individuals and prefer the distance of larger schemes. It's the same reason why, as a designer, I don't do wedding dresses. "

" I can speak Cantonese, but I can't speak about fashion - I learnt all my fashion in Europe, so often, during interviews in Chinese I just don't know the right word - it can be very hard to explain things. "

" Guys want to be cool without appearing to be bothered about trends. "

" I want to explore my design philosophy in different mediums, and I'm very interested in architecture. "

" I believe that IT is the way forward. Every other industry utilises IT, and I feel that fashion needs to use it more extensively to move forward. "

" My Chinese grandmother was a dressmaker, so I always enjoyed dressing up and looking cool. "

" I always challenge myself to do something better, and people in the industry appreciate that. "

" I'm interested in beauty more than anything else. "