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" There is nothing more classic in the realm of casual than jeans and a white tee - a look that is inherently Americana and reminiscent of the American Dream - an optimistic dream of opportunity, individuality, freedom, and the embodiment of one living their truth. "

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" My 'Vogue' is about being inclusive; it's about diversity. Showing different women, different body shapes, different races, class. To be tackling gender. "

Edward Enninful

Class

Body

Women

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

" 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

West

School

" 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. "

" When you start out in the industry and things are tough, and you're not really making money, you question yourself: should I give up? "

Edward Enninful

You

Tough

" I realise I am stepping into the shoes of a hugely respected editor in the shape of Alexandra Shulman, someone who has chosen to leave at the top of their game with a legacy of 25 years of success. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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

Happy

Family

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

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

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

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" With Rihanna, it's always a collaboration, and that's why I love her so much. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm just propelled by insecurity; that's what really leads me to want to do better. "

Edward Enninful

Insecurity

Want

" 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. "

Edward Enninful

Picture

Character

" 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. "

Edward Enninful

London

Growing Up

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

" 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

Think

Live

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

Edward Enninful

Versatile

T-Shirt

" I want 'Vogue' to feel like a shop that you're not scared to walk into, one that's quite welcoming. "

Edward Enninful

Scared

Feel

" 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. "

Edward Enninful

Tell

Rebel

" I've always been very fascinated by technology - the Internet, social media. "

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

" When I was 18 years old, I moved into Neneh Cherry's house in Kensal Rise with Judy Blame and our friend Michael Boadi. "