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" The women that wear my clothes would want a pink BlackBerry in their handbag. "
Giles Deacon
Wear
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Would
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" I don't like po-faced fashion. "
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" Fashion designers seem the busiest people on the planet. "
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" I really like doing good work and working with good people - that's the thing that drives me. "
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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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" I didn't set out wanting to be a fashion designer from the age of 3. It wasn't that kind of dream. "
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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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" 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. "
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" DAKS is a much more restrained silhouette, and there's a real emphasis on daywear, outerwear, and tailoring. It's more stripped-down. "
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" I like characters in life, generally; I don't like to see a collection modelled on a homogeneous look. That terrifies me. "
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" I've always liked historic jewellery that's got a kind of quirkiness or playfulness to it; I like that it's not too serious. "
Giles Deacon
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" I've always been a big supporter of homeless charities across the board, ever since I first moved to London. "
Giles Deacon
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" I've been a fella in the fashion industry for a very long time now, and the industry has been very good to me. "
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Me
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" I can never really comment on rumours. "
Giles Deacon
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" Cecil Beaton was Andy Warhol before Andy Warhol, really. "
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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. "
Giles Deacon
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New
" I have an art-school background, not a fashion background where it's like, 'Oh, we're going on holiday to Miami.' "
Giles Deacon
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Like
Holiday
" 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. "
Giles Deacon
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Women
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" Just because something is less expensive shouldn't mean it is less well designed. "
Giles Deacon
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" Fashion was spontaneous and about getting things done, which I really liked. "
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" My designs at Ungaro are a lot more sexual, in more of an obvious way: my personal designers are a little bit more sideways. "
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" I'm interested in women who have got character and experience and an opinion about things. "
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Experience
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" Pretty much hated school. I never really found my footing. I just didn't like lessons. "
Giles Deacon
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School
Like
" That era of designers being away with the fairies is gone... You've got to live in the real world. "
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You
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" Some things can be quite stupid yet interesting. Life can be like that. "
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" The natural world is a source of inspiration. "
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" If you've invested money in buying a piece, you don't want it to just disintegrate. We all have that first wash anxiety, when that great t-shirt you've just bought shrinks away to nothing. "
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" I believe in the democracy of design. "
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" I'll spend a couple of days in Paris, a couple back in London, some time at the factory in Italy... I like travelling, but it can be a struggle to get home for weekends. "
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" I don't like acres of faceless girls walking. "
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