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" People should just get over themselves. "
Giles Deacon
Themselves
Over
People
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" 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. "
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" I liked natural history. I liked the outdoors. And I found the sea quite interesting. "
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" There's one thing I would like to do on the high street, and that's something different to what's been done before. So, who knows what that could be. "
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" People don't necessarily realise that there can be just as much work on a quiet jacket as an overblown gown. "
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" Due to the hectic, non-stop nature of my work, I'm always using my BlackBerry to stay in touch with my studio, wherever I am. "
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" I went to public and state schools - not at the same time. I did my art foundation course at Harrogate College of Arts. This brilliant tutor suggested I apply to Central Saint Martins. I adored it. "
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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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" 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. "
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" Fashion was spontaneous and about getting things done, which I really liked. "
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" 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. "
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Great
" I had a great teacher who was really encouraging and said I should go to Central Saint Martins. So I worked my socks off, and I managed to get a place there. It was there that I developed a real love for design. "
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Go
" I'm interested in women who have got character and experience and an opinion about things. "
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" 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. "
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" Women I've known have always been quite strong and confident women. Sure, I've got some friends who aren't so overtly confident, or at least don't appear that way. But when you get to know them, they are very much so. "
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" I sometimes sit and draw people on the bus, or some fantasy hybrid animal. You know, wherever the hand will lead. "
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" I don't really have a mentor. "
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" Animals. They're nice, aren't they? They're good things, animals. "
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Things
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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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Parents
Mixed
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" The name Holly Fulton has become synonymous with daring, bold graphic prints which you just know if you wear you'll have a brilliant time in. "
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Bold
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" I was never one for just sitting in front of the telly. "
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" I don't design for wallflowers. "
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" Single-sex private schools, especially in the middle of nowhere on a bleak hill in County Durham - I don't think they make sense. "
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