A biography for Giles Deaconhasn’t been written yet.
“I think a bit of jewellery that cheers you up for the day isn't a bad thing.”
“I had a great teacher who was really encouraging and said I should go to Central Saint Martins. So I worked my socks off, and I managed to get a place there. It was there that I developed a real love for design.”
“I like characters in life, generally; I don't like to see a collection modelled on a homogeneous look. That terrifies me.”
“I liked natural history. I liked the outdoors. And I found the sea quite interesting.”
“Women I've known have always been quite strong and confident women. Sure, I've got some friends who aren't so overtly confident, or at least don't appear that way. But when you get to know them, they are very much so.”
“I'm lucky that I've worked with the biggest divas in the world. We've had Miss Piggy and Minnie Mouse, so I've got to be careful who I say now, but obviously, I'd love to dress them again.”
“'Irony' is such an over-used word.”
“People are always saying, 'You use irony,' and it's like, actually, we don't use irony: we use wit and playfulness and irreverence.”
“I can be very modern and experimental.”
“With couture, it means I get to show fall in July with delivery in September. My clients will be getting their pieces in season.”
“The women that wear my clothes would want a pink BlackBerry in their handbag.”
“Just because something is less expensive shouldn't mean it is less well designed.”
“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.”
“I don't believe in a recipe for success. You have to work hard; you may not always get it right - you have to bounce back from situations, and you have to be really focused and determined. It's important to have fun as well. Work shouldn't be a torture.”
“I'd really love to dress Lauren Bacall. She's incredibly interesting - a gorgeous, stylish woman with a strong personality.”
“I think when wedding dresses are talked about, every woman has a different set of factors in her mind of what it could be because they've been thinking about it possibly for such a long time.”
“My designs are slightly subversive in their way; it can be in the cut or the colour, but they're always obtainable: they're not so difficult that a 40-year-old woman wanting to go to a cocktail party looking foxy and a little bit different in something well-made would be alienated by them.”
“People don't necessarily realise that there can be just as much work on a quiet jacket as an overblown gown.”
“Why shouldn't we want everybody to have a piece of Giles in their wardrobe?”
“Anyone looking for a black cashmere sweater isn't going to come to me.”