My parents weren't into fashion. I didn't have an eccentric granny who mixed lace mantillas with tweed. — Giles Deacon Eccentric Copy Share Image
I have an art-school background, not a fashion background where it's like, 'Oh, we're going on holiday to Miami.' — Giles Deacon Art Copy Share Image
Making your own clothes is great - but don't make everything, or I'll be out of a job! — Giles Deacon Clothes Copy Share Image
People don't necessarily realise that there can be just as much work on a quiet jacket as an overblown gown. — Giles Deacon Fashion Copy Share Image
I'm interested in women who have got character and experience and an opinion about things. — Giles Deacon Character Copy Share Image
Clothes that a wallflower would like, that's not my thing. I like people who look interesting. — Giles Deacon Clothes Copy Share Image
If a piece is individually made to measure, then it's couture. — Giles Deacon Couture Copy Share Image
If you've invested money in buying a piece, you don't want it to just disintegrate. We all have that first wash anxiety,… — Giles Deacon Buying Copy Share Image
There are some great skinny girls, but it's about characters, isn't it? That's what I find attractive. People who've had interesting lives… — Giles Deacon Copy Share Image
I always find the idea of Britishness a bit of a boring old concept, to be honest. That world of Britishness always… — Giles Deacon Copy Share Image
I'll spend a couple of days in Paris, a couple back in London, some time at the factory in Italy... I like… — Giles Deacon Home Copy Share Image
You take it very seriously when you start any project, but not everything in life ends up where you think it's going… — Giles Deacon Copy Share Image
I like characters in life, generally; I don't like to see a collection modelled on a homogeneous look. That terrifies me. — Giles Deacon Copy Share Image
At a certain period in time, the fashion industry was portraying this image of a totally unrealistic woman, women who are not… — Giles Deacon Fashion Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I like using odd materials or odd components for embroideries. I've always liked that Elsa Schiaparelli world of playing with unusual objects… — Giles Deacon Beautiful Copy Share Image
People often think that the world fashion is so full of a certain pretense that it can't just be about going for… — Giles Deacon Beautiful Copy Share Image
With couture, you're going right to the consumer, and that's something we learned from doing trunk shows. You're meeting the client; you're… — Giles Deacon Couture Copy Share Image
I like things that are well cut, things that are considered within their detailing. Fabrics that are very developed; specialist jacquards and… — Giles Deacon Clothes Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Anyone looking for a black cashmere sweater isn't going to come to me. — Giles Deacon Copy Share Image
Some things can be quite stupid yet interesting. Life can be like that. — Giles Deacon Copy Share Image
It can be refugees, it can be a pregnant mother, it can be a 15-year-old... homelessness can happen to everybody. — Giles Deacon Copy Share Image
Why shouldn't we want everybody to have a piece of Giles in their wardrobe? — Giles Deacon Copy Share Image
That era of designers being away with the fairies is gone... You've got to live in the real world. — Giles Deacon Being Copy Share Image
I do like designing clothes that are - not exactly lofty but intellectual in their sexiness. — Giles Deacon Clothes Copy Share Image
With all my clients I work with, they all have their absolute specialness about them. — Giles Deacon Copy Share Image
Even if you have a lot of money, you may not want to spend a lot of it on clothes. — Giles Deacon Clothes Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I wanted to be a marine biologist, among other things. — Giles Deacon Biologist Copy Share Image
The women that wear my clothes would want a pink BlackBerry in their handbag. — Giles Deacon Copy Share Image
Just because something is less expensive shouldn't mean it is less well designed. — Giles Deacon Copy Share Image
I really like doing good work and working with good people - that's the thing that drives me. — Giles Deacon Doing good Copy Share Image
Pretty much hated school. I never really found my footing. I just didn't like lessons. — Giles Deacon Education Copy Share Image
Animals. They're nice, aren't they? They're good things, animals. — Giles Deacon Animal Copy Share Image
I like to have a swim in the morning, a great way to start the day. — Giles Deacon Day Copy Share Image
