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Bruce Oldfield

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[Wikipedia] Bruce Oldfield, OBE is a British fashion designer, best known for his couture occasionwear. Notable clients have included Sienna Miller, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Diana Ross, Charlotte Rampling, Jerry Hall, Joan Collins, Diana, Princess of Wales, Queen Noor of Jordan, Queen Camilla, the Duchess of Edinb

Quotes by Bruce Oldfield

I've generally got a good eye for design and proportion.

Design

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Don't be limited by the expectations of others. You can always be better and do more.

Expectations

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Fashion is more usually a gentle progression of revisited ideas.

Fashion

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I come from very humble origins, so the last thing I would ever do is to look down my nose at people…

Humble

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I mean, you can't walk down the aisle in Westminster Abbey in a strapless dress, it just won't happen - it has…

Abbey

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I keep on working when other people are out having fun. But I love what I do and find it hard to…

Fun

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That to me was the most poignant part of Diana's wedding; as she was walking up the aisle and her eyes were…

Aisle

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We're into Nicole Kidmans, rather than the young girl who just got married in a tracksuit.

Girl

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If someone's got good, clean skin, with not too much make-up on, and good, clean hair that's bouncy, and the nails are…

Clean

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Never cut corners, or accept anything that's second-rate.

Accepting

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My aim is to make you look the best you can and if that means a little bit of internal pulling and…

Aim

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I'm not that interested in fashion... When someone says that lime-green is the new black for this season, you just want to…

Black

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Stay small and control it yourself.

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Don't take things too seriously.

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I can think of a lot of women clients of mine who are well into their 50s or 60s who are still…

Clients

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The bump I was trying to hide could be the future king of England.

Bump

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I don't have regrets because they are negative.

Negative

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I was getting a lot of editorial, as in lots of pages in 'Vogue,' but it's far more important to get your…

Charlotte

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