Edward Enninful Quotes
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I am black in a predominantly white industry, and I have been luckier than most.
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You could say slowly but surely, the world is changing in a good way - equality in all forms is more and more part of the global conversation, and people are celebrating diversity and individuality.
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A lot of my friends, we all grew up sort of not very wealthy. And in England, whatever ends up being a negative, that's a positive.
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I was really sheltered growing up, with six brothers and sisters. We played together all the time, and I was living in a fantasy world, like most creative people.
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I've always been very fascinated by technology - the Internet, social media.
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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.
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By people getting together and celebrating this idea of togetherness, great things can happen.
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Coming from a family who put a lot of emphasis on academics, I always thought I was going to be a lawyer.
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The fashion industry needs to breed a whole different way of thinking. We need more diverse people working in all facets of the industry.
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It was a whole new attitude: no makeup, less is more... the '90s were fun!
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'British Vogue' is a great magazine with a legacy of creativity and innovation.
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Growing up, I loved the imagery I saw from America as it celebrated being the land of the free and home of the brave.
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Music, for me, is as important as fashion. The first visuals I remember are Elvis Presley, David Bowie, New Romantics, and different punk bands.
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The more you style, the better you get. Don't give up. At a certain point, the magic happens.
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I want 'Vogue' to feel like a shop that you're not scared to walk into, one that's quite welcoming.
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I grew up in west London, but my dad wouldn't let me go to school there, so I went in south London.
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With Rihanna, it's always a collaboration, and that's why I love her so much.
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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.
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I'm just propelled by insecurity; that's what really leads me to want to do better.
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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.
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I take random inspiration from everywhere.
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I love the optimistic American style that Gap celebrates and the simplicity of the basic white T-shirt that allows you to be yourself.
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You never know where inspiration is going to come from.
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Being an immigrant and living in England, I feel like I lived in two worlds. There was the world that, when I was at school with my friends, was very English, and then I'd go home to another country, with exotic foods and colours. I have a sense of colour pairings, and that came from my background, I think.