“If you want to engage a younger demographic – which we must to survive – they don’t want to go slow,” he says matter-of-factly later in the day to a group of global press. They want to go fast, they want it to be instant, it has to be challenging. And it better have buttons."
Read More“I enjoy taking my time and just honouring my own process and not letting myself be swept up into the machine of this industry just for the sake of appeasing other people.”
Read More“What I love about 'The Wheel of Time', with regards to gender politics, is that they’ve kind of turned it on its head and the power dynamics are shared.”
Read More"I think that I'm doing this from a very genuine perspective in giving to my people things that we rarely have access to. I’ve always just wanted to dress my friends and people who look like me, a Salvadorian immigrant.”
Read More“I often wonder what makes British design distinctively British, and, yes, in part it’s due to our love of mixing eras, colours and ideas with abandon.”
Read More“People use music for protests. People use music for escapism. People use music for healing and meditation. People use music to fall in love, to connect, to find themselves,”
Read More“What we try to do is create clothes that can live long lives. We try to tell a story, but afterwards I forget the story and I design clothes one by one. I really try to ensure every garment has a reason of being.”
Read More“I have always been driven - even before I had a chauffeur!”
Read More“I tried to dress in quite an ordinary way because I thought that way I’d be less judged. I didn’t set myself up to be judged as a clothes horse. I really tried to dress down so that I tried to consciously, and unconsciously to some extent, remove myself.”
Read More“I became aware that I spend a lot of time hiding from myself, and the most effective way I’ve found to deal with this is to go into worlds where I felt invisible.”
Read More“I am so much more than what people see me as.”
Read More“I strongly believe New Zealanders are always ready to lend a hand whenever needed.”
Read More“There's definitely more room for support for women and non-binary artists in general."
Read More“Halston was really part of that early 70s counter-culture and I had no idea about that. Most people only remember the Studio 54 persona, but that was such a small part of his life.”
Read More“There needs to be more power in the hands of the artist. The pop music industry is changing so quickly now.”
Read More“I am so proud of where I come from and fully embraced the sentiment of “knowing where you come from to know where you are going”.
Read More“L.A has always been a very car-centric city, particularly the car culture based on the ethnicity of the east L.A neighbourhood. To bring that culture into the product is like a dream job and it’s a total honour. “
Read More“Climate change is the biggest problem of our generation and the private sector has a responsibility to combat it.”
Read More“It’s not just us, or our brand ... it is Te Ao Maori being celebrated.”
Read More“It’s been exciting and energising at the same time and has been a lot of fun too.”
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