Edward Enninful Quotes
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I was very honoured to be awarded an OBE in 2016 for my services to diversity in the fashion industry.
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In my work, I have always tried to push the boundaries of what fashion can do.
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Change always takes time.
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Never forget that it sometimes takes a foreigner's eye to capture Britain most clearly.
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Kurt Cobain really made an impression on us. He just had that rebel attitude. You could tell he was super talented but didn't really care.
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I've learned to put a big value on having a life outside of fashion, and I think that's what's saved me, because the fashion industry can suck you in.
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Social media is fine, depending on how you use it.
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I can tell you, without diversity, creativity remains stagnant.
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I'm very protective of all the vulnerable young kids that go on shoots. I can empathize. I've been there.
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Social media and technology are democratising and opening up fashion and the process of fashion for all - this has good and bad sides, but that comes with any change.
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I feel like when it comes to the models, certain models are now like commodities in certain ways.
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I get nervous before every shoot. I'm really jealous of the people that can just rest on their laurels and say, 'I'm good; this is it.'
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I come from a family who didn't have much money but raised me to believe that money wasn't the most important thing in the world. We had enough; we were happy.
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I grew up in an African household, so lots of chicken, lots of rice. We ate Jollof rice, a very West African dish.
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I think fashion can tell a story about celebrating difference, can talk about how different people are, how diverse people are - and for me, that's where fashion really succeeds, when it tackles things to do with the world we live in.
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I think if you're really good at what you do, you can see outside the box.
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I used to wear a lot of Helmut Lang. Painted jeans. Cropped crombies with t-shirts. A lot of V-necks. The perfect V-neck was very important.
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The white T-shirt is like a blank canvas - eternally versatile.
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I like to play with contrast. It's about changing people's perceptions of people.
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I don't think I'm in any way an icon, to be very honest.
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The best photographers know how to light any color skin.
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There's a lot of research and time that goes into my shoots. I spend weeks on them, even for one picture.
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If you put one model in a show or in an ad campaign, that doesn't solve the problem. We need teachers in universities. We need internships. We need people of different ethnic backgrounds in all parts of the industry. That really is the solution: you have to change it from the inside.
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When you leave your house in the morning, however you dress is the way you want the world to see you.