Alice Temperley
Alice Temperley
Alice Temperley MBEis a British fashion designer based in London. Her fashion label, Temperley London was launched in 2000...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth22 July 1975
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I always knew I wanted to create. I used to sit in my room for hours drawing and making things. I once got into trouble for cutting up my mother's lampshades to make a dress. I was three.
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I was always in trouble at school for what I was wearing; I was never made a prefect because of the way I used to dress - I ripped my tights, my skirts were too short, all sorts of things.
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I love trawling through markets and vintage shops, and I make super-quick decisions about buying clothes. I also have my usual haunts I go to when in specific cities.
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I don't think many people would think I'm a designer. I behave in a different way. I'd get knocked down and cut to pieces if I went home and flounced about; this industry is known for the flounciness, but I've got my feet on the ground.
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My mother has always encouraged my creative side. She is a very eclectic, creative woman and looks incredibly glamorous, even when trudging about in wellies. Our family home is full of items from her travels and her amazing etchings and drawings.
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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 it comes to shoes, I always think Charlotte Olympia, of course! Her footwear is always feminine and sexy and also just right for every occasion.
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If you took some of the behavior that you see in the fashion world and put it anywhere else, it would just be embarrassing.
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I'm from the middle of nowhere in Somerset, and if I have too much stimulus or chaos, then I tend to not be as creative.
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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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Fashion moves so quickly that, unless you have a strong point of view, you can lose integrity.
I like the things around me to be beautiful and slightly dreamy, with a feeling of worldliness.
I can live in a bubble, I like not to know anything about financials.
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I think that a woman that is elegant herself is somebody who can dress herself easily and effortlessly.