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Elegance for one society is not elegance for another. It's in the eyes of the beholder.

- Louise Wilson

Society, Elegance, Another, Beholder

A lot of fashion might seem boring, but it is actually quite fun: the inside, the outside, the silhouette... All the different finishes. That's a skill.

- Louise Wilson

Inside, Seem, Might, Silhouette

You can't refuse to move forward when you're educating in design, because that's what we're asking students to do the whole time.

- Louise Wilson

Forward, Asking, Move, Move Forward

I never really liked Italy. 'Lots of cement' is my long-standing quote.

- Louise Wilson

Never, Lots, Quote, Cement

Fashion's transient - it moves.

- Louise Wilson

Fashion, Moves, Transient

I always thought I was going to be a professional horse rider because I rode horses competitively from zero to 17 years old.

- Louise Wilson

Thought, Always, Going, Rider

I still believe that education is about provoking some kind of original, creative thought.

- Louise Wilson

Education, Some, Still, Provoking

Now there is tons of information available online. 90% of students rarely look at magazines in their intended format because they're looking at them on a computer screen. They don't understand the layout, so when they come to putting their own portfolios together, they have no spatial awareness.

- Louise Wilson

Own, Available, Putting, Tons

I'd love to be charming and softly spoken, but that's never going to happen.

- Louise Wilson

Love, Never, Happen, Softly

At the end of the day, I'm a very boring academic, bogged down with academia and structure and delivering an education.

- Louise Wilson

Education, Very, Delivering, Academia

Most designers don't dress in fashion. They dress in an anonymous way so that people are just judging their work.

- Louise Wilson

Work, Dress, Designers, Anonymous

There's a broad range of fashion: knitwear, textiles, journalism.

- Louise Wilson

Fashion, Range, Broad, Journalism

I think the problem is that fashion has become too fashionable.

- Louise Wilson

Problem, Think, I Think, Fashionable

I have very tidy cupboards. I do like a cupboard to look nice when you open it, with the labels facing forward.

- Louise Wilson

Forward, Like, Very, Tidy

I wear black because I'm a large lady, and I have many exact replicas of the same black outfit.

- Louise Wilson

Outfit, Same, Large, Exact

In 'Who's Who,' my hobbies are listed as eating, sleeping, and voicing one's opinion. Not necessarily the right opinion, but it's mine.

- Louise Wilson

Eating, Right, Mine, Listed

We always want more, more, more. You see good work; you want it better. We push, push, push.

- Louise Wilson

Better, See, Always, Push

The only thing with press attention is that it can be very draining on our energy store.

- Louise Wilson

Only, The Only Thing, Very, Draining

I was going to do business studies in Newcastle because there were a lot of nightclubs. My father said if I went that route, he'd never speak to me again: credit where credit's due.

- Louise Wilson

Business, Father, Going, Studies

I've always believed that you have to have the skills before you destroy the skills. If you want to be crude, be crude, but don't be crude because you don't know how to do it, because you're not perfect at drawing and pattern-cutting.

- Louise Wilson

Perfect, Always, Before, Crude

We had six horses, and I would compete. Jumping. Cabinets full of cups. I always won.

- Louise Wilson

Compete, Always, Six, Cups

I had a fabulous childhood. Not many people have an outdoor tennis court that you're allowed to put your ponies on and pretend you're at Hickstead.

- Louise Wilson

Childhood, Had, Allowed, Outdoor

The press always pick on British fashion, but I don't think that there are more successful young designers than in Paris or Milan. It's all a myth.

- Louise Wilson

Think, Always, Designers, Milan

I love to-do lists.

- Louise Wilson

Love, I Love, Lists

In the past, you'd have one magazine, it would arrive monthly, and that was your magazine. You'd devour it; you'd absorb all the knowledge in it; you'd read it over and over again.

- Louise Wilson

Over, In The Past, Read, Absorb

In fashion, you're privileged because you're consistently working with a vanguard of youth.

- Louise Wilson

Working, Because, Privileged, Consistently

I don't see why you wouldn't cry when you're in an intense environment.

- Louise Wilson

Environment, Why, See, Intense

I'd rather wear black than bright florals like most fat ladies do.

- Louise Wilson

Like, Rather, Most, Ladies

I was born in Cambridgeshire and moved to Scotland when I was seven.

- Louise Wilson

Born, I Was Born, Moved, Scotland

I may sound like a corny bastard, but I love fashion.

- Louise Wilson

Love, May, I Love, Corny

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