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" Why shouldn't we want everybody to have a piece of Giles in their wardrobe? "

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" My friends and I used to take two-hour trips to the record store in Newcastle, and we started buying copies of The Face and i-D. And then I went to art school, and as time progressed, I ended up where I am now. "

" For me, green is more about cycling than recycling. "

" Rooney Mara is someone I'd like to dress; we've not worked with her before and she certainly has very interesting personal style. "

" I don't design for wallflowers. "

" My longest collaborative working relationship is with Katie Grand, the editor-in-chief of 'Love' magazine. Katie's an inspiration and a sounding block. She's got such great taste. "

" Cecil Beaton was Andy Warhol before Andy Warhol, really. "

" I very much like Christopher Kane. He actually did a work placement with me, and you could spot his talent straight away. "

" I'm interested in women who have got character and experience and an opinion about things. "

" At a certain period in time, the fashion industry was portraying this image of a totally unrealistic woman, women who are not allowed to be themselves. "

" People don't necessarily realise that there can be just as much work on a quiet jacket as an overblown gown. "

" My mother was a housewife. My father worked in the agriculture business, but they were very encouraging about everything. When I said I wanted to do art, they were very supportive. "

" Everybody's got a lot to their personalities. You're not just one element. There are some days you want something that can be a bit stricter or a bit more disciplined or something a bit more floaty and a bit freer. "

" With couture, you're going right to the consumer, and that's something we learned from doing trunk shows. You're meeting the client; you're finding out what they like and what they don't like. You've really got your customer there in front of you, so you know what works and what doesn't. "

" I've always been a big supporter of homeless charities across the board, ever since I first moved to London. "

" I didn't set out wanting to be a fashion designer from the age of 3. It wasn't that kind of dream. "

" I've been a fella in the fashion industry for a very long time now, and the industry has been very good to me. "

" I like to have a swim in the morning, a great way to start the day. "

" I was never one for just sitting in front of the telly. "

" I think a bit of jewellery that cheers you up for the day isn't a bad thing. "

" I liked natural history. I liked the outdoors. And I found the sea quite interesting. "

" The natural world is a source of inspiration. "

" Anyone looking for a black cashmere sweater isn't going to come to me. "

" There's one thing I would like to do on the high street, and that's something different to what's been done before. So, who knows what that could be. "

" When I was younger, I wanted to be a marine biologist, among other things. "

" I liked the fact DAKS was an unknown quantity. It's more like Gucci before Tom Ford got there. There's a lot you can do. "

" I always find the idea of Britishness a bit of a boring old concept, to be honest. That world of Britishness always comes off a bit twee and only about cream teas and that sort of things. "

" My parents weren't into fashion. I didn't have an eccentric granny who mixed lace mantillas with tweed. "

" My designs are slightly subversive in their way; it can be in the cut or the colour, but they're always obtainable: they're not so difficult that a 40-year-old woman wanting to go to a cocktail party looking foxy and a little bit different in something well-made would be alienated by them. "