37 Emilia Wickstead Quotes for You to Enjoy

Emilia Wickstead

New Zealander Designer

Born: 1983

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To escape and sit quietly on the beach - that's my idea of paradise. Emilia Wickstead

Paradise Sit Beach Idea Escape Quietly

Red lipstick aside, I firmly believe that less is more in terms of make-up. Emilia Wickstead

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I love wearing interesting shoes that work well with my outfit. Emilia Wickstead

Work Love Shoes Wearing Outfit Well Interesting

Here in London, you can go for picnics and have a barbecue; you can go to a park and wear bare feet, much like New Zealand. But there's just so much buzz going on; you can be inspired by anything and everything. There's always something to do. Always. Emilia Wickstead

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You can see that ladylike kind of dressing with a twist coming back at Dior, and I think that a lot of the fashion is following in those kinds of footsteps. It's wearable. It sits in your wardrobe forever. Emilia Wickstead

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It's quite funny. I grew up with my mother: as a designer, she was always working, and I actually used to say to her, 'Whatever you do, never leave me your business.' Emilia Wickstead

There is so much talent in British fashion: a real cookie jar of different aesthetics with designers like Mary Katrantzou, Erdem, Christopher Kane, J. W. Anderson, and Simone Rocha. Emilia Wickstead

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I wore one of my own designs on my wedding day. Emilia Wickstead

Day Own My Own Wedding Wore Designs

I don't like the word 'ladylike.' Emilia Wickstead

Word Like Ladylike

We're creating a brand image which didn't exist in the beginning, and I want to grow that. And in the way that the clothes and services we offer are a luxurious niche, I want to be doing that with accessories. Emilia Wickstead

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I don't come from family money, and neither does my husband. Emilia Wickstead

Family Money Husband Neither Come Does

I put myself into another world and another identity, and I design not for how my life is but for how my imaginary life is. Emilia Wickstead

Life Myself World My Life Design Put Identity Another How Imaginary

A lot of people ask, 'How did you start the business, and how did you do it money-wise?' And the truth is that I had three jobs. A day job, an evening job, and then designing my collection as well. That's just how we did it. Emilia Wickstead

I attended speech and drama classes with a nun to help me gain confidence in speaking without my face turning red each time. Emilia Wickstead

Time Me Confidence Face Nun Drama Classes Attended Red Without Gain Turning Speaking Help Each Each Time Speech

There are many bespoke services in the U.K., but everything's quite old-fashioned. There wasn't anything young and modern and fresh. We're this young service, where a 25-year-old might come and get some great skirts and her mum could come in for some linens. Emilia Wickstead

I'd like to think we can make a nice, glowing change to British dressing. Emilia Wickstead

Change Nice Think Dressing Like Make Glowing British

We do have a lot of personal relationships with people who will come to our store or showroom. Emilia Wickstead

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I think that the typical Emilia Wickstead women is very effortless, very sophisticated: she's got alluring style, and she's always taking on fashion. I always describe her as 'imaginative with her own taste'. Emilia Wickstead

Fashion Women Style Own Think Typical Alluring Taking Sophisticated She Always Got Very Effortless Taste Describe Her Imaginative

I have clients from 19 to 80 years old, and the way I work means that they can take the same dress and shorten, lengthen it, remove the sleeve, adjust details - and make it their own. They get a piece that is right for them. It's a clever way of shopping in this economy. Emilia Wickstead

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