Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

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

Edward Enninful

Related Quotes:

" Music, for me, is as important as fashion. The first visuals I remember are Elvis Presley, David Bowie, New Romantics, and different punk bands. "

Edward Enninful

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

Edward Enninful

" Never forget that it sometimes takes a foreigner's eye to capture Britain most clearly. "

Edward Enninful

" 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. "

Edward Enninful

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

Edward Enninful

" I was really sheltered growing up, with six brothers and sisters. We played together all the time, and I was living in a fantasy world, like most creative people. "

Edward Enninful

" I get nervous before every shoot. I'm really jealous of the people that can just rest on their laurels and say, 'I'm good; this is it.' "

Edward Enninful

" I grew up reading 'British Vogue' - I am so honoured and humbled to be taking up the mantle of editor. "

Edward Enninful

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

Edward Enninful

" Social media and technology are democratising and opening up fashion and the process of fashion for all - this has good and bad sides, but that comes with any change. "

Edward Enninful

" I like to play with contrast. It's about changing people's perceptions of people. "

Edward Enninful

" 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. "

Edward Enninful

" For me, fashion succeeds when it says something about the times we live in. "

Edward Enninful

" I didn't grow up with money; I didn't come from a rich family. But what fashion gave me was an escape into a world of creativity: if I couldn't afford that Junior Gaultier jacket, then I'd get one from the market and customise it. "

Edward Enninful

" I don't think everything has to be new all the time. You don't have to have the latest designer all the time to look good. Just have things you're comfortable with, have key pieces that you can sort of reinvent over and over again, and always keep things that you really love for a while. "

Edward Enninful

" 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. "

Edward Enninful

" Diversity is very important for me. "

Edward Enninful

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

Edward Enninful

" Coming from a family who put a lot of emphasis on academics, I always thought I was going to be a lawyer. "

Edward Enninful

" My mother was a seamstress, so I always grew up with her making clothes. I knew how to construct outfits. I knew how to sketch. I knew how to customise. But I could never imagine it as a career. "

Edward Enninful

" I grew up in west London, but my dad wouldn't let me go to school there, so I went in south London. "

Edward Enninful

" I love the optimistic American style that Gap celebrates and the simplicity of the basic white T-shirt that allows you to be yourself. "

Edward Enninful

" Change always takes time. "

Edward Enninful

" I am black in a predominantly white industry, and I have been luckier than most. "

Edward Enninful

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

Edward Enninful

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

Edward Enninful

" I come from a family who didn't have much money but raised me to believe that money wasn't the most important thing in the world. We had enough; we were happy. "

Edward Enninful

" 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. "

Edward Enninful

" 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. "

Edward Enninful

" I'm really excited to see my vision for the 'British Vogue' team come to fruition. "

Edward Enninful