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" To create a beautiful thing with unlimited money is easy! "
John Rocha
Thing
Beautiful
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" Just because something is trendy doesn't mean it will suit you. "
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" As you get older, your skin tone will change, and that means the colours that suit you best change, too. Take a trip to a department store and ask for advice, or simply hold colours close to your face in the mirror, as this should give you a good idea of what works. "
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" I always have a cigar when I catch a fish. "
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" Fabric is the foundation of a collection. "
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" My dream home would be a fishing lodge in New Zealand. "
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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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Revolution
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" I'm a British designer, and it's great to show on your own ground. "
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Show
Great
Own
" We have achieved tremendous success in Ireland and internationally on the strength of our creativity and design skills. "
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Strength
Success
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" I used to play football, and then my wife bought me a fishing rod. "
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" As I get older and older, people like my work more and more. "
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People
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More
" At primary school, we would pick up plastic petals on the way home to make flowers. Now you might call it child labour, but we did it for pocket money. "
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Flowers
Child
You
" My heritage is a huge part of everything I do; it is, after all, part of what has made me who I am. "
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Heritage
I Am
Made
" I have no idea why, but I find that men make more of an impact on me in films than women - even very beautiful ones. "
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Impact
Men
Me
" Design has always been at the heart of our business. "
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Business
Been
Always
" My Chinese grandmother was a dressmaker, so I always enjoyed dressing up and looking cool. "
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Looking
Up
Grandmother
" Men like clothes they can wear to work and afterwards. They don't want things to be complicated. "
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Complicated
Work
Clothes
" 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. "
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I Am
I Can
Know
" 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. "
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Think
Finding
Dress
" 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. "
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Always
Bank
Even
" Fashion is like a four-legged table: you need a good designer, a very good business manager, a good manufacturer, and a very good distributor. Without all the legs, table collapses. "
John Rocha
Fashion
Business
Legs
" I want to explore my design philosophy in different mediums, and I'm very interested in architecture. "
John Rocha
Design
Philosophy
Want
" Fashion is instant - after six months, it disappears, and you have to start again. That's the nature of it. "
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Fashion
You
Start
" I like to create a simple space and surround myself with things that I like to look at. "
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Simple
Look
Create
" I want romance; I want people to be happy in their relationships. "
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Happy
Relationships
People
" It is hard to have a fashion business in any country, but even more difficult in Ireland. "
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Fashion
Difficult
Country
" It was a very, very happy childhood, but I always knew I wanted to see the world. "
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Always
Childhood
Happy
" 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. "
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Stars
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" The day I feel my clothes are no longer relevant, I will be happy to step down. "
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Step
" Guys want to be cool without appearing to be bothered about trends. "
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Trends
About
Cool
" I always challenge myself to do something better, and people in the industry appreciate that. "
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People
Challenge
Myself