Alice Temperley Quotes
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I think I'd go mad if I didn't have a place to escape to.
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Eclectic yet classic with a playful bohemian twist is how I'd describe my style.
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A lot of self-importance goes on in the fashion industry. I'm not like that.
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It should be natural, and that's how I like women to look. I like them to feel comfortable and look organic.
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I get up between 6:30 and 7 A.M., and my morning routine is always the same: hot water and lemon, eggs on toast and rose oil on the face.
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I'm from the middle of nowhere in Somerset, and if I have too much stimulus or chaos, then I tend to not be as creative.
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Red carpet dressing all depends on the climate. I think richer, deeper colours are more flattering on the body, but the opposite is true if you are in Cannes or St. Tropez where the light makes deep colours look heavy and unflattering.
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I'm really excited about the future.
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I was always in trouble at school for what I was wearing; I was never made a prefect because of the way I used to dress - I ripped my tights, my skirts were too short, all sorts of things.
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I like to be real. I don't like things to be staged or fussy.
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Clothes can transform your mood and confidence.
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I loved being in London. Always walking everywhere, always out and about and always at markets, walking around Brick Lane and Covent Garden and Soho.
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I always knew I wanted to create. I used to sit in my room for hours drawing and making things. I once got into trouble for cutting up my mother's lampshades to make a dress. I was three.
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I keep only a small edit in my wardrobe because I think it is important to keep things moving through, and I like to find out which pieces from my collections work and which could be reworked and improved.
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I like the things around me to be beautiful and slightly dreamy, with a feeling of worldliness.
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I think fashion can always date, but I think if a woman has elegance, she doesn't date.
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I buy vintage - mainly Alaia and some Westwood - but 90 per cent of the time, I wear my own designs.
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I try to take care of myself, and I lead a healthy lifestyle.
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When I was a child, I was always nicking my mum's jewellery to wear, and I loved to drape a massive Chinese shawl around me from our fancy-dress box. I was obsessed with a feather and rabbit-fur collar from the age of three and attempted to make one with my friend, whose father was a gamekeeper.
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When it comes to shoes, I always think Charlotte Olympia, of course! Her footwear is always feminine and sexy and also just right for every occasion.
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If you took some of the behavior that you see in the fashion world and put it anywhere else, it would just be embarrassing.
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I don't try to be in fashion; I don't try to follow trends. You just end up out of fashion that way.
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I used to be frustrated about being called bohemian, but I don't really care now. If that's what you are, you should celebrate it.
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Fashion moves so quickly that, unless you have a strong point of view, you can lose integrity.