Edward Enninful Quotes
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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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Change always takes time.
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Social media is fine, depending on how you use it.
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I grew up reading 'British Vogue' - I am so honoured and humbled to be taking up the mantle of editor.
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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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Prince was not scared. The first time I heard someone sing about AIDS, it was Prince: 'In France, a skinny man died of a big disease with a little name.' He was not afraid of taboos.
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In my work, I have always tried to push the boundaries of what fashion can do.
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I can tell you, without diversity, creativity remains stagnant.
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When I was really young, I had an afro and wore pressed jeans and argyle sweaters. In my teens, I moved on to ripped Levi's jeans, white T-shirts, and cowboy boots.
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Never forget that it sometimes takes a foreigner's eye to capture Britain most clearly.
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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 was very honoured to be awarded an OBE in 2016 for my services to diversity in the fashion industry.
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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'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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I'm so fascinated by the influence of social media on fashion. I've seen so many artists on Instagram, up and comers you would have never known otherwise.
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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 like to play with contrast. It's about changing people's perceptions of people.
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When I was 18 years old, I moved into Neneh Cherry's house in Kensal Rise with Judy Blame and our friend Michael Boadi.
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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 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 feel like when it comes to the models, certain models are now like commodities in certain ways.
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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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The white T-shirt is like a blank canvas - eternally versatile.
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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.