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

Edward Enninful

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" I can't just go in and throw clothes at a picture. I still have to have some kind of an idea of a character, of who she is, where she's from. It's almost like playing a child's game. You have your dolls, and you create characters for them. Fashion indulged that in me. "

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" Kurt Cobain really made an impression on us. He just had that rebel attitude. You could tell he was super talented but didn't really care. "

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

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

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" When I was growing up, David Bowie was my idol. I grew up in inner-city London, and he was from Brixton, which is even more urban. "

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" 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. "

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" I think fashion can tell a story about celebrating difference, can talk about how different people are, how diverse people are - and for me, that's where fashion really succeeds, when it tackles things to do with the world we live in. "

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

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" I used to wear a lot of Helmut Lang. Painted jeans. Cropped crombies with t-shirts. A lot of V-necks. The perfect V-neck was very important. "

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

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" Social media is fine, depending on how you use it. "

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

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" I can tell you, without diversity, creativity remains stagnant. "

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

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" Change always takes time. "

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" In my work, I have always tried to push the boundaries of what fashion can do. "

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" Most of the time, working as a stylist, you're at home, working on your own, researching. "

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" There's a lot of research and time that goes into my shoots. I spend weeks on them, even for one picture. "

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" By people getting together and celebrating this idea of togetherness, great things can happen. "

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" It was a whole new attitude: no makeup, less is more... the '90s were fun! "

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

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" The funny thing is that the fashions from the '90s seem to sit so well with the fashions of 2016. Everything from then somehow skipped and came back. "

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" A lot of my friends, we all grew up sort of not very wealthy. And in England, whatever ends up being a negative, that's a positive. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" Growing up, I loved the imagery I saw from America as it celebrated being the land of the free and home of the brave. "

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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. "

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" 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. "

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