Edward Enninful Quotes
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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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My mother was a seamstress, so I always grew up with her making clothes. I knew how to construct outfits. I knew how to sketch. I knew how to customise. But I could never imagine it as a career.
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There is nothing more classic in the realm of casual than jeans and a white tee - a look that is inherently Americana and reminiscent of the American Dream - an optimistic dream of opportunity, individuality, freedom, and the embodiment of one living their truth.
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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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For me, fashion succeeds when it says something about the times we live in.
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I can tell you, without diversity, creativity remains stagnant.
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Social media is fine, depending on how you use it.
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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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Change always takes time.
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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 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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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 learned that fashion was about more than fancy images. That there was a business side as well.
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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 was very honoured to be awarded an OBE in 2016 for my services to diversity in the fashion industry.
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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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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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I'm really excited to see my vision for the 'British Vogue' team come to fruition.
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The best photographers know how to light any color skin.
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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'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 like to play with contrast. It's about changing people's perceptions of people.
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The white T-shirt is like a blank canvas - eternally versatile.