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 got such great taste. ”

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

I like women to have life, personalities. Women who would perhaps cause some trouble on a night out and have a lot to say for themselves. ”

Students are up to their eyeballs in loans, and it's going to get even worse. It's going to be hideous, actually. Students are going to be saddled for life. It's going to put a lot of people off going to college, which is a shame. ”

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 and tell you something that you don't know or are really good fun. ”

Some things can be quite stupid yet interesting. Life can be like that. ”

You take it very seriously when you start any project, but not everything in life ends up where you think it's going to be. ”

I like characters in life, generally; I don't like to see a collection modelled on a homogeneous look. That terrifies me. ”

Pretty much hated school. I never really found my footing. I just didn't like lessons. ”

My mother was a housewife. My father worked in the agriculture business, but they were very encouraging about everything. When I said I wanted to do art, they were very supportive. ”