Chinese - Designer | August 23, 1953 -
At primary school, we would pick up plastic petals on the way home to make flowers. Now you might call it child labour, but we did it for pocket money.
John Rocha
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My most precious possession is a 13.5-feet-long fishing rod, made by an American firm called Loomis.
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There was the Cultural Revolution just over the border, and Hong Kong felt quite dodgy. My younger brother's wife actually swam from China to Hong Kong to escape. I realised in the '60s that I had to get out.
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I like to create a simple space and surround myself with things that I like to look at.
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It might be a selfish choice, but I find it quite difficult to design for individuals and prefer the distance of larger schemes. It's the same reason why, as a designer, I don't do wedding dresses.
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I dress pop stars, and I dress my doctor. It's about attitude. I do what I love, and I'm lucky to do it. It's a long way from Hong Kong.
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When I left college, nobody expected much of me - and nor did I.
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When I was young, we always went to our posh cousins at Christmas. My dad made sure we had new shoes and clean clothes - he was really proud - and that's why I felt different from everyone living around me. We had the first television on the estate, the first fridge.
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I will never see myself as a businessman. I'm a designer. I have to be true to what I believe.
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Talent always shouts at you.
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I think, as a designer, what you have to do is challenge yourself to do what you do, but better.
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To create a beautiful thing with unlimited money is easy!
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