"I believe in that one-on-one sell. I don't really believe in flooding the market with loads of goods that don't mean much, and you lose your identity."
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"What I do is look at ancient African tribes, and the way they dress. The rituals of how they dress. . . . There's a lot of tribalism in the collections."
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"Now I design what I want to wear, and it works that way."
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"I can't get sucked into that celebrity thing, because I think it's just crass."
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"Youth culture now really looks back and embraces the past, but keeps it contemporary but not sticking to one particular style."
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"You can hide so much behind theatrics, and I don't need to do that any more."
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"I want to empower women."
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"I want to be honest about the world that we live in, and sometimes my political persuasions come through in my work. Fashion can be really racist, looking at the clothes of other cultures as costumes. . . . That’s mundane and it’s old hat. Let’s break down some barriers."
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"I've had good times; I've had bad times."
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"Some couture collections have everything including the kitchen sink! Everything gets thrown on to make it look expensive."
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"I hate it when people romanticize Scotland."
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"Rap music's been around for too long now to be inspirational. The words are, but the music isn't."
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"I was never a big networker, but I was a spin doctor, all those shock shows, that's how I got my first backers. But fashion's a scary industry to be in, especially if you've not grown up with it."
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"I was three years old when I started drawing. I did it all my life."
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"Fame should be left to the film stars."
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"You find a lot of ideas from my shows in adverts now. I find it a compliment."
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"I just want to be a wallflower. Nondescript. Just not anything. I don't want to see me."
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"Having money hasn't changed me. If anything it's made my life worse. People come up to you who knew you before you were famous and who didn't come up to you before. I'm a clever designer. I can do what the client wants. But I'm prepared to forget about money if it affects my creativity because, remember, I started off with nothing. And I can do that again."
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"I'm prepared to forget about money if it affects my creativity because, remember, I started off with nothing. And I can do that again."
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"My relationships with producers or photographers - these are relationships that took years."
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