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Edward Enninful
British
Designer
Born:
1972
Fashion
Me
People
Time
World
You
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I can tell you, without diversity, creativity remains stagnant.
Edward Enninful
You
Creativity
Diversity
Tell
Remains
Without
Stagnant
I realise I am stepping into the shoes of a hugely respected editor in the shape of Alexandra Shulman, someone who has chosen to leave at the top of their game with a legacy of 25 years of success.
Edward Enninful
Success
Game
Shoes
Top
Respected
Someone
Shape
Stepping
Editor
Am
Leave
Years
Legacy
Hugely
Realise
Who
Chosen
I didn't grow up with money; I didn't come from a rich family. But what fashion gave me was an escape into a world of creativity: if I couldn't afford that Junior Gaultier jacket, then I'd get one from the market and customise it.
Edward Enninful
Fashion
Family
Me
Creativity
World
Money
Rich
Gave
Market
Come
Up
Escape
Junior
Jacket
Afford
Get
Then
Grow
Grow Up
When you leave your house in the morning, however you dress is the way you want the world to see you.
Edward Enninful
Morning
You
World
Way
See
Dress
House
Leave
However
Want
Your
My memories of London Fashion Week are of starting out and not getting many tickets for fashion shows, but wanting to see them so much that I'd sneak in with my friends, people like Pat McGrath and Craig McDean.
Edward Enninful
Fashion
Memories
People
Out
See
London
Week
Like
Tickets
Sneak
Friends
Pat
Getting
Craig
Wanting
Them
Much
Many
Shows
Starting
With Rihanna, it's always a collaboration, and that's why I love her so much.
Edward Enninful
Love
Collaboration
Rihanna
Always
Much
Why
Her
The funny thing is that the fashions from the '90s seem to sit so well with the fashions of 2016. Everything from then somehow skipped and came back.
Edward Enninful
Funny
Sit
Funny Thing
Back
Everything
Seem
Somehow
Well
Came
Then
Fashions
Thing
Kurt Cobain really made an impression on us. He just had that rebel attitude. You could tell he was super talented but didn't really care.
Edward Enninful
Attitude
You
Care
Made
Tell
Super
Could
Had
He
Talented
Kurt
Kurt Cobain
Impression
Just
Us
Really
Rebel
I'm very protective of all the vulnerable young kids that go on shoots. I can empathize. I've been there.
Edward Enninful
Young
Kids
Empathize
Protective
Vulnerable
Go
Been
Very
Shoots
Young Kids
Most of the time, working as a stylist, you're at home, working on your own, researching.
Edward Enninful
Time
Home
You
Own
Most
Stylist
Working
Your
Researching
I grew up in west London, but my dad wouldn't let me go to school there, so I went in south London.
Edward Enninful
Me
School
London
Go
West
South
Up
Grew
Dad
You could say slowly but surely, the world is changing in a good way - equality in all forms is more and more part of the global conversation, and people are celebrating diversity and individuality.
Edward Enninful
Good
You
Conversation
People
Equality
World
Diversity
Changing
Way
Say
Slowly
More
More And More
Could
Good Way
Part
Individuality
Global
Surely
Celebrating
Forms
Social media and technology are democratising and opening up fashion and the process of fashion for all - this has good and bad sides, but that comes with any change.
Edward Enninful
Good
Fashion
Technology
Change
Social Media
Sides
Bad
Opening
Up
Any
Process
Social
Good And Bad
Media
Social media is fine, depending on how you use it.
Edward Enninful
You
Social Media
Fine
How
Depending
Social
Use
Media
The best photographers know how to light any color skin.
Edward Enninful
Best
Light
Skin
Photographers
Color
Know
How
Any
There is nothing more classic in the realm of casual than jeans and a white tee - a look that is inherently Americana and reminiscent of the American Dream - an optimistic dream of opportunity, individuality, freedom, and the embodiment of one living their truth.
Edward Enninful
Truth
Freedom
Opportunity
Nothing
White
Living
Dream
Embodiment
Classic
More
Casual
Individuality
Reminiscent
Look
Optimistic
Than
American
American Dream
Realm
Inherently
Jeans
Americana
Tee
If you put one model in a show or in an ad campaign, that doesn't solve the problem. We need teachers in universities. We need internships. We need people of different ethnic backgrounds in all parts of the industry. That really is the solution: you have to change it from the inside.
Edward Enninful
You
Change
People
Problem
Backgrounds
Solution
Solve
Inside
Put
Industry
Parts
Campaign
Model
Different
Really
Ethnic
Teachers
Show
Ad
Ad Campaign
Need
Universities
When I was 18 years old, I moved into Neneh Cherry's house in Kensal Rise with Judy Blame and our friend Michael Boadi.
Edward Enninful
Blame
Old
Our
Rise
House
Judy
Cherry
Years
Friend
Michael
Moved
In my work, I have always tried to push the boundaries of what fashion can do.
Edward Enninful
Work
Fashion
Tried
Push
Boundaries
Always
I'm very proud of the world that's embracing all these different ideas of what it is to be diverse, in 2017.
Edward Enninful
World
Embracing
Diverse
Ideas
Proud
Very
Different
Different Ideas
When you start out in the industry and things are tough, and you're not really making money, you question yourself: should I give up?
Edward Enninful
You
Yourself
Money
Tough
Out
Give
Industry
Making
Making Money
Question
Up
Really
Should
Things
Start
I like to play with contrast. It's about changing people's perceptions of people.
Edward Enninful
People
Changing
About
Perceptions
Like
Contrast
Play
I'd never seen anything like it in my life. Someone so blatantly challenging the ideas of race and gender and sexuality. In a way, it was comparable to David Bowie, except that Prince brought that to the black community.
Edward Enninful
Life
Black
Gender
My Life
Seen
Community
Way
Black Community
Sexuality
Brought
Someone
Except
David
David Bowie
Never
Like
Prince
Ideas
Bowie
Anything
Race
Comparable
Challenging
I am black in a predominantly white industry, and I have been luckier than most.
Edward Enninful
Black
White
Most
Industry
Am
Been
Than
Luckier
I grew up in an African household, so lots of chicken, lots of rice. We ate Jollof rice, a very West African dish.
Edward Enninful
Ate
Household
West
Lots
Up
Chicken
Very
African
Dish
Grew
Rice
I come from a family who didn't have much money but raised me to believe that money wasn't the most important thing in the world. We had enough; we were happy.
Edward Enninful
Family
Me
Happy
World
Money
Important
Believe
Enough
Had
Had Enough
Come
Most
Most Important Thing
Important Thing
Were
The Most Important
Much
Who
Thing
Raised
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