Alice Temperley

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A lot of self-importance goes on in the fashion industry. I'm not like that.

Fashion moves so quickly that, unless you have a strong point of view, you can lose integrity.

I get up between 6:30 and 7 A.M., and my morning routine is always the same: hot water and lemon, eggs on toast and rose oil on the face.

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I buy vintage - mainly Alaia and some Westwood - but 90 per cent of the time, I wear my own designs.

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I keep only a small edit in my wardrobe because I think it is important to keep things moving through, and I like to find out which pieces from my collections work and which could be reworked and improved.

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When I was a child, I was always nicking my mum's jewellery to wear, and I loved to drape a massive Chinese shawl around me from our fancy-dress box. I was obsessed with a feather and rabbit-fur collar from the age of three and attempted to make one with my friend, whose father was a gamekeeper.

From Alice Temperley