Jonathan Anderson Quotes
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No one reads anything. They just look at images.
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I love collecting things from auction - we Brits really are hoarders and collectors.
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During the 1990s, luxury became something exclusive and elitist. I think fashion got lost. It forgot about craft and culture.
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I think I am obsessed with Lucie Rie. I love the way she collaborated with Miyake, who for me is probably the most important fashion designer of the 20th century.
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My parents are huge influences on me. My mother was an English teacher. My father played professional rugby and coached rugby for the Irish rugby team.
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Work is an addiction. I've always done too much. It's in my nature.
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I could binge-eat cheese - I love any blue cheese. Make it strong; make it deadly.
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I am a huge obsessor with photography.
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We put something on Instagram, and it gets reposted, and it's everywhere, and a minute later it's gone, over. I don't see that as a negative thing; it's the way my mind works, too.
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Britain and America are two examples where social media will only show you what you like.
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Sometimes you fall out of love with what you do. Some days, you wake up and wish you worked on a farm.
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What's so important with fashion imagery and with imagery in general is that it ultimately evokes an emotion.
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I always try to design fashion that is interesting and innovative, and I like to break traditions and challenge people's expectations.
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To restart a brand, you have to make people forget what it was.
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I wasn't very good at school and appalling at English.
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When I was a kid, I remember the fear of going into big brand stores. You didn't want to go in because you felt like you couldn't afford anything.
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I always love to look at something that I couldn't make, because I feel it's enlightening. It means you are not invincible: you can respect something and look up to it and go, 'Wow!' It's a skill that I don't have, but I can understand the merit of it.
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I've always been massively aware of clothing.
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Collaborations are incredibly important in design.
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I have a huge amount of respect for all Japanese designers because I think there is consistency and respect to craft.
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I was very into swimming, but I was never into contact sports. I think it was because I knew I wasn't going to get damaged.
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One thing I think is great is that if you use social media really well - in a natural, personal way - you can kind of see what's missing. You can see when you're bored of something or of someone.
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I love jeans, T-shirts, and things you can jazz up and down, a bit of a mish-mash.
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When I started at Loewe, I took a year out before we did a collection because I felt we needed to work out all the fundamentals. The pencils, the door handles, the style of the press release, the stone of the buildings, the choice of photographer.