Cat Deeley Quotes

I think it's a great thing to support fashion and support designers.

I think that young British designers have a kind of fearlessness in they way they approach fashion.

I love 'Project Runway' because I can really be of help to an industry and I can be supportive to designers.

As a Business Ambassador, I am delighted to help both new and established British designers receive the recognition they deserve in the global fashion arena.

I've always been a huge admirer and lover of Alexander McQueen, Alexander Wang. I love so many British designers like Stella McCartney.

There is so much talent in British fashion: a real cookie jar of different aesthetics with designers like Mary Katrantzou, Erdem, Christopher Kane, J. W. Anderson, and Simone Rocha.

If you have a choice between buying something in Vietnam or China or buying something made in Virginia, why not buy it from people in Virginia? A lot of times, it's not much more expensive or may even be less.

I'm quite a fan of British designers.

Dear London, British fashion is a serious business. The British fashion industry is worth £21bn to the U.K. economy and employs 819,000 people across the country. With your help, we would like to see these numbers rise for the good of our industry, our talented designers, and our reputation worldwide.

I am honoured and excited to be taking on the role of chairman of the British Fashion Council.

I've been going to Bicester Village since I was young. My mum and dad really loved that place, and I always used to stock up on clothes. I love the fact that it supports great British designers.

Less is more. I truly believe in buying a few pieces with better construction.

I've always had Paul Smith wallets for some reason.

It is extremely important to me that the social and environmental issues associated with the production of fashion clothing are addressed.

I thought, If people are going to write about what I'm wearing, then I would wear young British designers who need the publicity.

Buy less. Choose well. Make it last. Quality, not quantity. Everybody's buying far too many clothes.

Pretending that the fashion industry isn't in part based on leather would be quite stupid of me, but at the same time, there is another way of doing things - even outside of leather. I don't use PVC either, for example, because it is harmful.

As a British fashion designer, it is an amazing, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be creative director of Team GB as the hosting nation of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

I love working with Chanel, and long may it reign, to be honest. I hope it lasts forever.

What I really want to happen is for all companies to become eco - especially fast fashion companies.

It's not unusual for a luxury company to be born from a single product and then diversify. Louis Vuitton began with luggage, and Gucci with leather goods.

I do like to buy my own clothes because I like to support designers. I know the work that goes into it.

I got to train with some of the best and have critics like Oscar de la Renta and Calvin Klein. As a student under Calvin Klein, my project was to make a coat, and then years later, I was hired at Calvin, by Calvin, to design coats for him. It came full circle!

The British invented the classic look. Men's apparel was created in London, the great English style. You have to respect this country's suits, shirts, shoes, luggage.

We have captured a luxury and richness with our fur-free fur, which is proof to the fashion industry that killing animals for the sake of fashion is unnecessary.