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" 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

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" I'm very proud of the world that's embracing all these different ideas of what it is to be diverse, in 2017. "

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" 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. "

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" The fashion industry needs to breed a whole different way of thinking. We need more diverse people working in all facets of the industry. "

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" The more you style, the better you get. Don't give up. At a certain point, the magic happens. "

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" Never forget that it sometimes takes a foreigner's eye to capture Britain most clearly. "

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" When I started in the nineties, a sample size was a 4 and a 6. "

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" I grew up reading 'British Vogue' - I am so honoured and humbled to be taking up the mantle of editor. "

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" 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. "

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" A queen does not wear clothes off the runways. "

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" 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. "

Edward Enninful

" Diversity is very important for me. "

Edward Enninful

" I'd never seen anything like it in my life. Someone so blatantly challenging the ideas of race and gender and sexuality. In a way, it was comparable to David Bowie, except that Prince brought that to the black community. "

Edward Enninful

" Most of the time, working as a stylist, you're at home, working on your own, researching. "

Edward Enninful

" I'm really excited to see my vision for the 'British Vogue' team come to fruition. "

Edward Enninful

" People of power have to show empathy and kindness to the young. "

Edward Enninful

" I like to play with contrast. It's about changing people's perceptions of people. "

Edward Enninful

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

Edward Enninful

" I've learned to put a big value on having a life outside of fashion, and I think that's what's saved me, because the fashion industry can suck you in. "

Edward Enninful

" When you leave your house in the morning, however you dress is the way you want the world to see you. "

Edward Enninful

" I take random inspiration from everywhere. "

Edward Enninful

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

Edward Enninful

" For me, fashion succeeds when it says something about the times we live in. "

Edward Enninful

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

Edward Enninful

" The best photographers know how to light any color skin. "

Edward Enninful

" I learned that fashion was about more than fancy images. That there was a business side as well. "

Edward Enninful

" Change always takes time. "

Edward Enninful

" 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

" 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. "

Edward Enninful

" 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. "

Edward Enninful

" I grew up in an African household, so lots of chicken, lots of rice. We ate Jollof rice, a very West African dish. "

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