Giles Deacon

I don't like acres of faceless girls walking.

— Giles Deacon

The customer who likes to be noticed is important to us.

— Giles Deacon

I don't really have a mentor.

— Giles Deacon

I don't design for wallflowers.

— Giles Deacon

I can never really comment on rumours.

— Giles Deacon

I don't like po-faced fashion.

— Giles Deacon

I was never one for just sitting in front of the telly.

— Giles Deacon

For me, green is more about cycling than recycling.

— Giles Deacon

Making your own clothes is great - but don't make everything, or I'll be out of a job!

— Giles Deacon

People don't necessarily realise that there can be just as much work on a quiet jacket as an overblown gown.

— Giles Deacon

I'm interested in women who have got character and experience and an opinion about things.

— Giles Deacon

I liked natural history. I liked the outdoors. And I found the sea quite interesting.

— Giles Deacon

In the end, we all are who we are, no matter how much we may appear to have changed.

— Giles Deacon

My parents weren't into fashion. I didn't have an eccentric granny who mixed lace mantillas with tweed.

— Giles Deacon

I go to L.A. three or four times a year. It's great for research.

— Giles Deacon

I have an art-school background, not a fashion background where it's like, 'Oh, we're going on holiday to Miami.'

— Giles Deacon

I don't really see the point in planning to show off-schedule. I think it's things like showing on-schedule that helps London be…

— Giles Deacon

My longest collaborative working relationship is with Katie Grand, the editor-in-chief of 'Love' magazine. Katie's an inspiration and a sounding block. She's…

— Giles Deacon

With couture, it means I get to show fall in July with delivery in September. My clients will be getting their pieces…

— Giles Deacon

I am really looking forward to walking past people on the street wearing my clothes and know I am designing for an…

— Giles Deacon

Due to the hectic, non-stop nature of my work, I'm always using my BlackBerry to stay in touch with my studio, wherever…

— Giles Deacon

At a certain period in time, the fashion industry was portraying this image of a totally unrealistic woman, women who are not…

— Giles Deacon

I've always liked historic jewellery that's got a kind of quirkiness or playfulness to it; I like that it's not too serious.

— Giles Deacon

One day I'll do a Dorian Gray, and there will be a picture in the attic. I'll look like Helen Daniels from…

— Giles Deacon

I don't believe in a recipe for success. You have to work hard; you may not always get it right - you…

— Giles Deacon

We design for a whole range of ages and body types, and we always have done. What's great about us is that…

— Giles Deacon

Katie Grand often comes in from a very different angle than what I've been thinking about. And that really gives it that…

— Giles Deacon

I discovered lots of music; electronic synth bands from the mid-'80s like Depeche Mode, Soft Cell and Cabaret Voltaire. My friends and…

— Giles Deacon

I've always drawn a lot. I like the idea of turning a 2-D sketch into a 3-D thing very quickly. And clothing…

— Giles Deacon

I suppose the marine biology was a post-teen thing. I was kind of on my way but I was one of those…

— Giles Deacon

A lot of people's circumstances can change very, very quickly, and people can move jobs, relationships can break down, something else could…

— Giles Deacon

My designs are slightly subversive in their way; it can be in the cut or the colour, but they're always obtainable: they're…

— Giles Deacon

I believe in the democracy of design.

— Giles Deacon

I can be very modern and experimental.

— Giles Deacon

The natural world is a source of inspiration.

— Giles Deacon

People should just get over themselves.

— Giles Deacon

Fashion designers seem the busiest people on the planet.

— Giles Deacon

I try to exercise three to four times a week.

— Giles Deacon

'Irony' is such an over-used word.

— Giles Deacon

A healthy body really does make for a healthy mind.

— Giles Deacon