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" With all my clients I work with, they all have their absolute specialness about them. "
Giles Deacon
Them
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" I sometimes sit and draw people on the bus, or some fantasy hybrid animal. You know, wherever the hand will lead. "
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" I've been a fella in the fashion industry for a very long time now, and the industry has been very good to me. "
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" 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. "
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" The customer who likes to be noticed is important to us. "
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" The effort you put into anything when you're a designer is 100% because it's all about what you get back out from it. "
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" You take it very seriously when you start any project, but not everything in life ends up where you think it's going to be. "
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" I don't like acres of faceless girls walking. "
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" I am more interested in people's attitude than someone who is a perfect face. Every time I walk the streets of London, I see someone who interests me. It doesn't matter how old they are. "
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" With couture, it means I get to show fall in July with delivery in September. My clients will be getting their pieces in season. "
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" My designs at Ungaro are a lot more sexual, in more of an obvious way: my personal designers are a little bit more sideways. "
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" Let's be honest: not everybody can afford to buy £5,000 dresses, so the jewellery is a nice of way of getting the Giles product out into the world and introduce it to people not familiar with the label. QVC is a really good partner to help us do that. "
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" I like to have a swim in the morning, a great way to start the day. "
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Morning
Great
" People don't necessarily realise that there can be just as much work on a quiet jacket as an overblown gown. "
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Jacket
Just
" People often think that the world fashion is so full of a certain pretense that it can't just be about going for something because it suits you and looks great, and it's nicely cut and is made of beautiful fabric. You know, if it has a bit of lightness and playfulness to it, then I think people just respond to that really well. "
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Beautiful
World
Think
" I'll spend a couple of days in Paris, a couple back in London, some time at the factory in Italy... I like travelling, but it can be a struggle to get home for weekends. "
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Paris
Italy
Home
" I like characters in life, generally; I don't like to see a collection modelled on a homogeneous look. That terrifies me. "
Giles Deacon
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" Even if you have a lot of money, you may not want to spend a lot of it on clothes. "
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" I don't design for wallflowers. "
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" I'd really love to dress Lauren Bacall. She's incredibly interesting - a gorgeous, stylish woman with a strong personality. "
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" Single-sex private schools, especially in the middle of nowhere on a bleak hill in County Durham - I don't think they make sense. "
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Nowhere
Hill
Middle
" The natural world is a source of inspiration. "
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Inspiration
World
Natural
" 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. "
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" I've always liked historic jewellery that's got a kind of quirkiness or playfulness to it; I like that it's not too serious. "
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Too
" I had a great teacher who was really encouraging and said I should go to Central Saint Martins. So I worked my socks off, and I managed to get a place there. It was there that I developed a real love for design. "
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Love
Great
Go
" With couture, the great thing is that each piece has its own character, and you have space to explore and continue themes season after season. "
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" I don't really see the point in planning to show off-schedule. I think it's things like showing on-schedule that helps London be organised as it is. "
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Show
" I've always been a big supporter of homeless charities across the board, ever since I first moved to London. "
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" We want to be the go-to business for super-special daywear and eveningwear, to focus on what we are known for and what our customers want from us. "
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" 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. "
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Art
Father
Mother