John Rocha Quotes
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I made my final collection in college in London using Irish handwoven wool. That is how I discovered Ireland first; I just fell in love with it, really.
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My Chinese grandmother was a dressmaker, so I always enjoyed dressing up and looking cool.
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Men like clothes they can wear to work and afterwards. They don't want things to be complicated.
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Chinese people have that superstitious fix - people always do feng shui when they are opening a shop; even the Hong Kong Shanghai Bank pays people to do feng shui for them.
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Guys want to be cool without appearing to be bothered about trends.
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There was the Cultural Revolution just over the border, and Hong Kong felt quite dodgy. My younger brother's wife actually swam from China to Hong Kong to escape. I realised in the '60s that I had to get out.
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As I get older and older, people like my work more and more.
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I want romance; I want people to be happy in their relationships.
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I went from fashion to glass in 1995, and I'm very interested in architecture.
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Talent always shouts at you.
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Just because something is trendy doesn't mean it will suit you.
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I think my love of form is especially informed by my background, whether this is creating a wonderful silhouette in a dress or finding the perfect shape for a bowl or the 'just so' angle of a table leg.
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As a heterosexual designer, it is really, really important to have a woman's point of view.
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If you ask me where do I belong, it would be somewhere in the Irish Sea almost - born in Hong Kong, Chinese mother, Portuguese father from Macao, lived in Europe most of my life.
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Fashion is instant - after six months, it disappears, and you have to start again. That's the nature of it.
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The most important part of my work on The Orion Building was the creation within the apartments of living space which inspires people and the way they live their lives, whether they have bought a one-bedroom apartment or the penthouse. This building is beautiful to see, sense, and experience.
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I always promised myself that I wouldn't do catwalk shows until the day I died.
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Your 30s is the time to embrace bold, zingy colour patterns and to follow trends while taking time to get used to what really suits you.
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I used to play football, and then my wife bought me a fishing rod.
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I never set out to do interior design; I just do what I do, and some people come along and want me to work with them.
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I am trained as a fashion designer and do not claim to be an expert architect or anything like that. I won't do something unless I know I can do it.
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The day I feel my clothes are no longer relevant, I will be happy to step down.
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Fashion is like a four-legged table: you need a good designer, a very good business manager, a good manufacturer, and a very good distributor. Without all the legs, table collapses.