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" 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. "

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" I love historical references. "

" With couture, the great thing is that each piece has its own character, and you have space to explore and continue themes season after season. "

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

" People are always saying, 'You use irony,' and it's like, actually, we don't use irony: we use wit and playfulness and irreverence. "

" I am really looking forward to walking past people on the street wearing my clothes and know I am designing for an everyday woman. "

" I go to contemporary galleries all around the world when I can. There's always something historical and something contemporary; those are my rock references. "

" That era of designers being away with the fairies is gone... You've got to live in the real world. "

" I don't really see the point in planning to show off-schedule. I think it's things like showing on-schedule that helps London be organised as it is. "

" My friends and I used to take two-hour trips to the record store in Newcastle, and we started buying copies of The Face and i-D. And then I went to art school, and as time progressed, I ended up where I am now. "

" I've always drawn a lot. I like the idea of turning a 2-D sketch into a 3-D thing very quickly. And clothing is really good for that. "

" 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. "

" I don't design for wallflowers. "

" I've always been a big supporter of homeless charities across the board, ever since I first moved to London. "

" Just because something is less expensive shouldn't mean it is less well designed. "

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

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

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

" The women that wear my clothes would want a pink BlackBerry in their handbag. "

" I don't really have a mentor. "

" Animals. They're nice, aren't they? They're good things, animals. "

" The effort you put into anything when you're a designer is 100% because it's all about what you get back out from it. "

" I think a bit of jewellery that cheers you up for the day isn't a bad thing. "

" Why shouldn't we want everybody to have a piece of Giles in their wardrobe? "

" The customer who likes to be noticed is important to us. "

" I like characters in life, generally; I don't like to see a collection modelled on a homogeneous look. That terrifies me. "

" I didn't set out wanting to be a fashion designer from the age of 3. It wasn't that kind of dream. "

" Anyone looking for a black cashmere sweater isn't going to come to me. "

" 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+. "

" 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. "