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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. "
Giles Deacon
Time
Bold
Know
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" For me, green is more about cycling than recycling. "
Giles Deacon
Me
Cycling
More
" I don't really have a mentor. "
Giles Deacon
Mentor
Really
" 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. "
Giles Deacon
Nice
Partner
World
" The natural world is a source of inspiration. "
Giles Deacon
Inspiration
World
Natural
" 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. "
Giles Deacon
One Day
Look
Her
" Anyone looking for a black cashmere sweater isn't going to come to me. "
Giles Deacon
Going
Me
Black
" People are often a bit more adventurous with swimming costume prints; they like the idea of something a bit more jolly. "
Giles Deacon
Costume
Like
More
" 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. "
Giles Deacon
I Can
Go
World
" That era of designers being away with the fairies is gone... You've got to live in the real world. "
Giles Deacon
World
You
Away
" The reason I wanted to work with New Look was that they wanted to stick with one designer and do lots of collections a year. "
Giles Deacon
Reason
Stick
New
" Why shouldn't we want everybody to have a piece of Giles in their wardrobe? "
Giles Deacon
Why
Wardrobe
Want
" I don't like po-faced fashion. "
Giles Deacon
Like
Fashion
" I don't design for wallflowers. "
Giles Deacon
Design
" I like women to have life, personalities. Women who would perhaps cause some trouble on a night out and have a lot to say for themselves. "
Giles Deacon
Life
Like
Night
" People are always saying, 'You use irony,' and it's like, actually, we don't use irony: we use wit and playfulness and irreverence. "
Giles Deacon
Irony
People
Saying
" I very much like Christopher Kane. He actually did a work placement with me, and you could spot his talent straight away. "
Giles Deacon
Like
Away
You
" 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. "
Giles Deacon
London
Think
Show
" 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. "
Giles Deacon
People
Fun
Great
" I don't like acres of faceless girls walking. "
Giles Deacon
Like
Faceless
Acres
" My designs are slightly subversive in their way; it can be in the cut or the colour, but they're always obtainable: they're not so difficult that a 40-year-old woman wanting to go to a cocktail party looking foxy and a little bit different in something well-made would be alienated by them. "
Giles Deacon
Difficult
Looking
Party
" I love historical references. "
Giles Deacon
I Love
Historical
Love
" 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. "
Giles Deacon
Stay
Touch
Work
" 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. "
Giles Deacon
College
Students
Shame
" With all my clients I work with, they all have their absolute specialness about them. "
Giles Deacon
Them
Work
About
" People don't necessarily realise that there can be just as much work on a quiet jacket as an overblown gown. "
Giles Deacon
Work
Jacket
Just
" I love London. Wherever I've lived, I've always had my flat here. "
Giles Deacon
Flat
Always
Here
" At a certain period in time, the fashion industry was portraying this image of a totally unrealistic woman, women who are not allowed to be themselves. "
Giles Deacon
Who
Image
Time
" I liked the fact DAKS was an unknown quantity. It's more like Gucci before Tom Ford got there. There's a lot you can do. "
Giles Deacon
Unknown
You
Quantity
" Rooney Mara is someone I'd like to dress; we've not worked with her before and she certainly has very interesting personal style. "
Giles Deacon
Style
Dress
Interesting
" The customer who likes to be noticed is important to us. "
Giles Deacon
Important
Customer
Who