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" 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. "
Giles Deacon
Art
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" My parents weren't into fashion. I didn't have an eccentric granny who mixed lace mantillas with tweed. "
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" I like to have a swim in the morning, a great way to start the day. "
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" We design for a whole range of ages and body types, and we always have done. What's great about us is that the common thing that they all like is an accessible eccentricity of an accessible flamboyance, and I think the super thing about that, it isn't age-specific: you're not only dressing 25-year-olds; we're dressing women from 25 to 65+. "
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" I did an art foundation course, and I knew I wanted to do something in a creative field. And fashion just seemed like the most fun. "
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" Pretty much hated school. I never really found my footing. I just didn't like lessons. "
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" It can be refugees, it can be a pregnant mother, it can be a 15-year-old... homelessness can happen to everybody. "
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" I am more interested in people's attitude than someone who is a perfect face. Every time I walk the streets of London, I see someone who interests me. It doesn't matter how old they are. "
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" 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. "
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