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" With Rihanna, it's always a collaboration, and that's why I love her so much. "

Edward Enninful

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

Edward Enninful

" I think fashion can tell a story about celebrating difference, can talk about how different people are, how diverse people are - and for me, that's where fashion really succeeds, when it tackles things to do with the world we live in. "

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

" There is nothing more classic in the realm of casual than jeans and a white tee - a look that is inherently Americana and reminiscent of the American Dream - an optimistic dream of opportunity, individuality, freedom, and the embodiment of one living their truth. "

Edward Enninful

" I'm just propelled by insecurity; that's what really leads me to want to do better. "

Edward Enninful

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

Edward Enninful

" I'm very protective of all the vulnerable young kids that go on shoots. I can empathize. I've been there. "

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" I am definitely allergic to wheat. Every time I eat it, I feel awful. "

Edward Enninful

" I think if you're really good at what you do, you can see outside the box. "

Edward Enninful

" I didn't grow up with money; I didn't come from a rich family. But what fashion gave me was an escape into a world of creativity: if I couldn't afford that Junior Gaultier jacket, then I'd get one from the market and customise it. "

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

" I was very honoured to be awarded an OBE in 2016 for my services to diversity in the fashion industry. "

Edward Enninful

" I come from a family who didn't have much money but raised me to believe that money wasn't the most important thing in the world. We had enough; we were happy. "

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

" When I was growing up, David Bowie was my idol. I grew up in inner-city London, and he was from Brixton, which is even more urban. "

Edward Enninful

" Prince was not scared. The first time I heard someone sing about AIDS, it was Prince: 'In France, a skinny man died of a big disease with a little name.' He was not afraid of taboos. "

Edward Enninful

" I used to wear a lot of Helmut Lang. Painted jeans. Cropped crombies with t-shirts. A lot of V-necks. The perfect V-neck was very important. "

Edward Enninful

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

Edward Enninful

" I love the optimistic American style that Gap celebrates and the simplicity of the basic white T-shirt that allows you to be yourself. "

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. "

Edward Enninful

" If you put one model in a show or in an ad campaign, that doesn't solve the problem. We need teachers in universities. We need internships. We need people of different ethnic backgrounds in all parts of the industry. That really is the solution: you have to change it from the inside. "

Edward Enninful

" I grew up in west London, but my dad wouldn't let me go to school there, so I went in south London. "

Edward Enninful

" I take random inspiration from everywhere. "

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

" When I was 18 years old, I moved into Neneh Cherry's house in Kensal Rise with Judy Blame and our friend Michael Boadi. "

Edward Enninful

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

Edward Enninful

" I don't think everything has to be new all the time. You don't have to have the latest designer all the time to look good. Just have things you're comfortable with, have key pieces that you can sort of reinvent over and over again, and always keep things that you really love for a while. "

Edward Enninful

" It was a whole new attitude: no makeup, less is more... the '90s were fun! "

Edward Enninful

" You never know where inspiration is going to come from. "

Edward Enninful

" I've always been very fascinated by technology - the Internet, social media. "

Edward Enninful