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" The natural world is a source of inspiration. "
Giles Deacon
Inspiration
World
Natural
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" Why shouldn't we want everybody to have a piece of Giles in their wardrobe? "
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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 try to exercise three to four times a week. "
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" 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. "
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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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" People should just get over themselves. "
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" Clothes that a wallflower would like, that's not my thing. I like people who look interesting. "
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" I have an art-school background, not a fashion background where it's like, 'Oh, we're going on holiday to Miami.' "
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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
Know
" Fashion was spontaneous and about getting things done, which I really liked. "
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Done
Things
Spontaneous
" A lot of people's circumstances can change very, very quickly, and people can move jobs, relationships can break down, something else could happen, and the next thing you know, you can't pay your rent, you can't get the support you require, and you're out on the street. "
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" For me, green is more about cycling than recycling. "
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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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Stay
Touch
Work
" 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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Honest
Old
World
" 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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Like
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" 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. "
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Party
" 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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Focus
Want
Us
" Fashion designers seem the busiest people on the planet. "
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Seem
Planet
People
" I can be very modern and experimental. "
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Modern
Very
I Can
" Making your own clothes is great - but don't make everything, or I'll be out of a job! "
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Clothes
Great
" 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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Nowhere
Hill
Middle
" I was never one for just sitting in front of the telly. "
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Never
Front
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" When I was younger, I wanted to be a marine biologist, among other things. "
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Things
" 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. "
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Own
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" Pretty much hated school. I never really found my footing. I just didn't like lessons. "
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School
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" I very much like Christopher Kane. He actually did a work placement with me, and you could spot his talent straight away. "
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" If a piece is individually made to measure, then it's couture. "
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Then
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" I don't like acres of faceless girls walking. "
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Like
Faceless
Acres
" 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. "
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