Edward Enninful

“It was a whole new attitude: no makeup, less is more... the '90s were fun!”

“I was very honoured to be awarded an OBE in 2016 for my services to diversity in the fashion industry.”

“The more you style, the better you get. Don't give up. At a certain point, the magic happens.”

“With Rihanna, it's always a collaboration, and that's why I love her so much.”

“Social media is fine, depending on how you use it.”

“I am black in a predominantly white industry, and I have been luckier than most.”

“'British Vogue' is a great magazine with a legacy of creativity and innovation.”

“I didn't know anything about the fashion industry until I met the stylist Simon Foxton on a Tube. I was 16, on my way to Kingsway College, and then my whole world opened up. Before that, like in every African family, you are meant to be a lawyer.”

“I grew up in west London, but my dad wouldn't let me go to school there, so I went in south London.”

“A lot of my friends, we all grew up sort of not very wealthy. And in England, whatever ends up being a negative, that's a positive.”

“I don't think everything has to be new all the time. You don't have to have the latest designer all the time to look good. Just have things you're comfortable with, have key pieces that you can sort of reinvent over and over again, and always keep things that you really love for a while.”

“Music, for me, is as important as fashion. The first visuals I remember are Elvis Presley, David Bowie, New Romantics, and different punk bands.”

“The best photographers know how to light any color skin.”

“The fashion industry needs to breed a whole different way of thinking. We need more diverse people working in all facets of the industry.”

“I can tell you, without diversity, creativity remains stagnant.”

“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?”

“Most of the time, working as a stylist, you're at home, working on your own, researching.”

“I'm very protective of all the vulnerable young kids that go on shoots. I can empathize. I've been there.”

“Coming from a family who put a lot of emphasis on academics, I always thought I was going to be a lawyer.”

“I can't just go in and throw clothes at a picture. I still have to have some kind of an idea of a character, of who she is, where she's from. It's almost like playing a child's game. You have your dolls, and you create characters for them. Fashion indulged that in me.”