Sarah Burton Quotes

#1. A McQueen woman always has to feel powerful.
She's never a girly girl, she's always a woman.

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#2. Every day, I love what I do and I think it's a gift and privilege to love your job.

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#3. Do what you love and believe in, and work hard.

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#4. The range of genre that we is very diverse, which makes for a fun and multi-dimensional show, but creating something that flows, depending on what kind of vibe the show is going to be [loud dive bar, small theatre, festival] is a bit of an art a haphazard art at times.

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#5. I really think that creating clothes and fashion has to be a statement about how we live and where we live and what's happening in the world.

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#6. Whenever I pick up a jacket and it's heavy, I think, 'Oh, I don't want to wear that.'

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#7. I was quite shy.

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#8. Alexander McQueen's designs are all about bringing contrasts together to create startling and beautiful clothes and I hope that by marrying traditional fabrics and lacework, with a modern structure and design we have created a beautiful dress for Catherine on her wedding day.

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#9. I wasn't the trendiest girl at college.

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#10. I always drew dresses. I remember loving Richard Avedon's early Versace campaigns. I used to plaster my whole walls with them when I was a kid.

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#11. We don't take on battles so small we know we can win, we take on battles so big we dare to dream of winning them.

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#12. There'll always be a McQueen woman. She's strong, powerful & when she puts a McQueen jacket on, she feels different.

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#13. When you design a collection, you have to start with what you love and what you believe in. Unless you do that, you can't stand behind it, so there's no point in doing it.

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#14. It has been the experience of a lifetime to work with Catherine Middleton to create her wedding dress, and I have enjoyed every moment of it. It was such an incredible honor to be asked, and I am so proud of what we and the Alexander McQueen team have created.

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#15. The McQueen woman doesn't want to feel casual. It's not that kind of world. When you put on the clothes, they make you stand differently, feel differently. It was about how to do that but make it feel light. I've always been part of Lee's romantic side, that's what I love.

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#16. Dreams are never just dreams, they are reality waiting to happen.

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