Quotes from Louise Wilson

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.

There's lots of bad things about teaching, but the really good thing is that you get to be around young people - irritating as they are.

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.

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

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

When they first arrive, really, my eyes bleed! It's only when they're about to leave that they become people you might want to know.

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

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

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.

Fashion is an incredibly tough, unforgiving industry.

People think I'm rude. I'm not rude; I'm just not networking. It's just honesty.

I have no unhappy memories of my childhood.

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.

My students are noticed by the people I respect from the quality of their work.

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

I often ask students: 'Is this what you would show Tom Ford?' and they say: 'No, we'd have done more work' or 'We'd have dressed better.' So I say: 'Why don't you do that here?'

I've always spent money on books. I've always enjoyed handling books - the size, the format. I feel very strongly about original ephemera.

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

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

I believe intellect is needed in order to develop any creative output and that intellect alone is not enough!

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

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.

Show-offy, I could sometimes be accused of.

I love to-do lists.