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" There was the Cultural Revolution just over the border, and Hong Kong felt quite dodgy. My younger brother's wife actually swam from China to Hong Kong to escape. I realised in the '60s that I had to get out. "

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" I dress pop stars, and I dress my doctor. It's about attitude. I do what I love, and I'm lucky to do it. It's a long way from Hong Kong. "

John Rocha

Stars

Love

Dress

" Many women in their 40s make the mistake of wearing clothes that are too tight. Skimpy dresses and tight trousers can make you look older, so get the best fit you can find. "

" I will never see myself as a businessman. I'm a designer. I have to be true to what I believe. "

" Design has always been at the heart of our business. "

" I never set out to do interior design; I just do what I do, and some people come along and want me to work with them. "

John Rocha

Some People

Work

" I always challenge myself to do something better, and people in the industry appreciate that. "

" I want to challenge myself in new mediums; I want to leave myself open to different things. "

" Men like clothes they can wear to work and afterwards. They don't want things to be complicated. "

" It was a very, very happy childhood, but I always knew I wanted to see the world. "

" I love fashion, but fashion is not my whole life. "

" When I was young, we always went to our posh cousins at Christmas. My dad made sure we had new shoes and clean clothes - he was really proud - and that's why I felt different from everyone living around me. We had the first television on the estate, the first fridge. "

John Rocha

Christmas

Proud

" A woman can look incredibly sexy in a black suit. "

" I still love Birkenstocks. I just think they are the most comfortable things; I even wear them in winter sometimes. "

" When I left college, nobody expected much of me - and nor did I. "

" I am trained as a fashion designer and do not claim to be an expert architect or anything like that. I won't do something unless I know I can do it. "

" As a heterosexual designer, it is really, really important to have a woman's point of view. "

" To create a beautiful thing with unlimited money is easy! "

" I always promised myself that I wouldn't do catwalk shows until the day I died. "

" Unfortunately, I used to play in goal, and I broke my hand. Two fingers. The ball hit me and bent my fingers back. I used to play every Sunday. I was quite competitive. "

" I think natural fibers look better over time. The more you wear them, they look even better. "

" Your 30s is the time to embrace bold, zingy colour patterns and to follow trends while taking time to get used to what really suits you. "

John Rocha

You

Suits

" I always have a cigar when I catch a fish. "

" I'm interested in beauty more than anything else. "

" I think my love of form is especially informed by my background, whether this is creating a wonderful silhouette in a dress or finding the perfect shape for a bowl or the 'just so' angle of a table leg. "

" Chinese people have that superstitious fix - people always do feng shui when they are opening a shop; even the Hong Kong Shanghai Bank pays people to do feng shui for them. "

" Fashion remains closest to my heart. I get genuinely excited by my collections - I never wanted to be a businessman. "

" I think, as a designer, what you have to do is challenge yourself to do what you do, but better. "

" I want to explore my design philosophy in different mediums, and I'm very interested in architecture. "

" My life is about family and friends as well as work. "

" If you ask me where do I belong, it would be somewhere in the Irish Sea almost - born in Hong Kong, Chinese mother, Portuguese father from Macao, lived in Europe most of my life. "