Fashion designer Julien MacDonald visits Dubai

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Fashion designer Julien MacDonald visits Dubai. Fashion designer Julien MacDonald’s gives tabloid! the low-down on his partnership with Debenhams and the secret behind his longevity in the fashion industry. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00I think people like my collection from Debenhams because I offer Debenhams a piece of Julian

00:17Macdonald glamour.

00:18Over the years, you know, I've dressed probably the most wealthiest and most richest celebrities

00:23in the world.

00:24And what I do, I tend to kind of take inspiration from my own catwalk collections and I translate

00:31that style into the clothes that I design and make for Debenhams.

00:35Obviously, I have my signature things that I always do.

00:38For instance, my collections are always full of great prints.

00:42One of my favourite prints is an animal print.

00:45So every season, I'll try to kind of develop a new print in a different style and lots

00:51of colour and just lots of great fashionable clothes that obviously people love to buy.

01:00You can never say never.

01:02I would never not do anything, you know.

01:04If I like doing a particular thing, then I'll always love to do it.

01:08You know, it's never say never.

01:11You know, sometimes you might not like doing something, then the next year you might really

01:15totally enjoy doing it.

01:17So I like to do a varied selection of things.

01:20I'm constantly trying to do things to kind of look for inspiration as a fashion designer.

01:26I get inspired by the people around me and the places that I go, whether it be a great

01:31museum or whether it be a great location.

01:34I'm always looking for places or people or works of art to inspire me.

01:42I think variety is the spice of life.

01:44You know, I like doing different things.

01:46Nobody wants to be boring.

01:47I think, you know, when you keep yourself busy, you keep yourself alive and active.

01:53And I think I need that stimulus to inspire my collections.

01:57You know, for Debenhams, you know, I do so many things there.

02:00It changes constantly.

02:05Inspiration for me comes from travelling.

02:08I love travelling.

02:09I particularly love going to great cities.

02:12I think designers' eyes change constantly because fashion is like the wind.

02:17It changes every second.

02:19And I think the great thing is about fashion, it does change and it can become dated very quickly.

02:26So you always need to keep one step ahead of the game.

02:30And that is what's great and exciting about fashion is it changes every season from summer to winter.

02:37And there's new inspiration as the fashion trends stay and fashion trends come and then they go.

02:47I think there's a big difference between a good designer and a bad designer.

02:51You know, the good designers tend to be the ones that stay in fashion, you know, for a long time.

02:57I've been in fashion for almost 20 years.

03:00You know, I started my career with Chanel.

03:03Then I was the creative director of Givenchy.

03:06So, you know, I would like to say that I'm a talented fashion designer.

03:10But, you know, I like to kind of keep my head stable.

03:14And I think you must always maintain to be a normal person to enjoy life.

03:20And I think if you're good at your job, it doesn't matter what you do.

03:24You know, it's about a longevity.

03:26And people say to me, you know, what is your biggest success of your career?

03:31And I tend to think that my biggest success is the fact that I'm still doing it and it's still successful.

03:38And it keeps on growing and growing and growing.

03:43The interesting thing about fashion is you never know what is the next big thing.

03:47Because, you know, my life changes week to week.

03:51And, you know, it all depends what kind of projects that I'm working on.

03:55Obviously, I would love to kind of develop some menswear ranges as well.

03:59I've never designed men's clothes.

04:01I've only dressed three people.

04:04I've dressed David Beckham, Marilyn Manson and Mick Jagger.

04:09So, I've dressed three very famous guys.

04:13Very different tastes.

04:15Very different tastes.

04:16So, I'd love to develop a menswear collection with Debenhams.

04:19Obviously, I like sports. I'm an active person.

04:22You know, I'd like to design a sportswear collection as well.

04:26So, there's lots of things that I could do.

04:28Or even open my own Julia MacDonald store.

04:30Or even start a Julia MacDonald store.

04:33You never know what could happen next.

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