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" When I started at Loewe, I took a year out before we did a collection because I felt we needed to work out all the fundamentals. The pencils, the door handles, the style of the press release, the stone of the buildings, the choice of photographer. "

Jonathan Anderson

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" Trend-wise, I hope to keep bringing completely new collections to the industry that will make people think and defy the norm. "

" I try to live my life free of regrets, but I do have one style regret that makes me laugh and cringe at the same time. Mum used to dress my brother and me in bright neon bike pants and big baggy t-shirts that were so long you could barely see our bike pants. "

" I read up a lot about ceramics and collect them, but when you make something, it's very difficult to like it. I quite like appreciating and supporting what someone else does. "

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" I think fashion shows are a full stop. You need a point where there's no return, and fashion shows create a 'That's it; that's the finishing line.' "

" Wood carving is such an amazing skill and very underrated; once you cut it, it's hard to go back. "

" When I first came to Wakefield Cathedral, I thought, 'How does man conceive to build something like this?' It's a building that has transcended time over the centuries, and you appreciate the magnitude of humankind's power and vision. When you're inside, you feel as though the rest of the world doesn't exist. "

" Sometimes you fall out of love with what you do. Some days, you wake up and wish you worked on a farm. "

" The problem with me and TV shows is once I start watching them, I have to watch them all because I'm so impatient. I need the entire series to be on TV, and then I'll sit all day and watch the entire thing. So I did that with 'Homeland,' and I did that with 'Veep.' "

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" Fashion is an archetype: you're trying to build a silhouette, and that is very similar to building up a building because you're trying to create a new structure, a new proportion, a new shape, and you're using a material to cut which is a bit mathematical. That idea of finding something new in terms of proportion is something that drives me. "

" Whether I'm at home in London or in Paris for Loewe, I always like to walk to work. "

" When I think of Uniqlo, I think of things that are perfectly made, that people have spent a lot of time considering. "

" Acting is about portraying something... that dedication or learning the script of it is really important in really getting to know a topic. "

" I didn't reinvent clothing; I reinvented the edit. "

" I've realised that when fashion is really good and really challenges and takes a risk, it is incredibly artistically powerful. It makes people dream. "

" During the 1990s, luxury became something exclusive and elitist. I think fashion got lost. It forgot about craft and culture. "

" When I became a teenager, I got very into clothing. I remember cutting Gucci advertisements and sticking them on my wall. "

" Britain and America are two examples where social media will only show you what you like. "

" To be able to make furniture has always been a fantasy of mine. "

" For me, the creative process is this giant patchwork of information. "

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" I've always been massively aware of clothing. "

" I collect primarily ceramics but also black-and-white photography and some bits of contemporary. "

" I wasn't very good at school and appalling at English. "

" I was very into swimming, but I was never into contact sports. I think it was because I knew I wasn't going to get damaged. "

" What's so important with fashion imagery and with imagery in general is that it ultimately evokes an emotion. "

" I would say I work very emotionally: I have a very compulsive way of working, where I love something to the moment I am sick of it. I have no addiction outside of work, so my addiction is that process. "

" Loewe should be a cultural brand. "

" I always try to design fashion that is interesting and innovative, and I like to break traditions and challenge people's expectations. "