Sir Paul Smith | Full Address and Q&A | Oxford Union
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One of Britain’s foremost designers, Sir Paul Smith has enjoyed a career full of international success and acclaim. Sir Paul’s designs have become instantly recognisable, known for their bold use of striped colour and a mixture of traditional and modern trends. Since opening his first store in 1976, he now boasts over 200 stores worldwide.
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What a wonderful lecture, definitely one of the best!
So comforting to be listening to designers like Sir Paul Smith, you can tell from the way he talks about things that he has a deep romantic relationship with creative thinking. However, you can also hear from his speech that he knows there's a need to translate the thinking into a common visual language in order to communicate with the market. It is not the most profitable way to run a fashion business and thus he might not be running his corporation like the way he presents himself in the address, but some part of me wishes the industry is more like this. Great address!
One of the best oxford unions I have seen!
BRILLIANT! WHEN he decided to give gifts, I so wanted to be in that audience cuz i wanted a souvenir-- a physical embodiment of this marvelous human
being. I have to say that because he's a special man, I think he has a leg up. YOU can see he's a simple man. HE'S a humble man. AND he's from a solid background with a loving father who was long lived and loved by his friends and his family. I believe Sir Paul carries on in the same tradition. IT is people like him that give you hope and although young people-- by virtue of trying to survive in the age of technology dictatorships-- would be 180° away from where he's at, maybe, as he said, because there's just so much; too much of everything out there such that it is overwhelming and no longer enticing --that the new generation will come around, going back to the roots of what would probably be their grandparents way of living and in so doing-- exhibit humility; simplicity; and steadfastness. HIS business advice is Brilliant and his fashion advice is Brilliant and I hope that that helps those young people to want to follow in his footsteps👣👣 despite the times they live in.
Superb.
What a charming man.
I got the lamp a while ago and love it.. been a fan of Paul Smith for over 20 years now
Funnily enough I came across this vid today as I was wearing my Paul Smith cufflinks which I have not worn for ages. I also have a pair of Paul Smith sunglasses with the „Never Assume“ slogan engraved on the inner side of the frame, something I took to heart. Enjoyed this one a lot.
Paul is a very humble guy
Always inspiring
Cracking video, really enjoying the interviews
Love Paul!!!
The woman walking around with the mic is so beautiful 😔
Legend.
Superb Smith.
Many useful tips there...
god bless you Paul Smith amen
Brutal audience
Funny and interesting to watch....... but...... following his ideas, advice, perspective would mean ( in his own words) 'reading yesterday's newspaper'.
Great legture
i've always really admired paul smith and his designs but the quality of his clothes are not up to par, not meant as a diss but i've owned a-lot from him and they fall apart often
Sad to hear. I have just started to buy him. My first suit and a nice bag. What fell apart for you?
@@julianongpin7181 To be honest, I would not be too concerned with things sometimes threading, unless the fabric starts to tear or rip. If it is a new article, go back to the shop with it. Otherwise it really depends how you take care of the stuff. I still have a pair of shoes I bought back in 2008 and also various accessories which aged well. Worst case you can fix/repair those as its probably more valuable to you than just junking it.
@@golfraven5669 Thanks much for your reply. Wishing you good cheer and safety at this time.
He may be a genial person, but I found his response to the question relating to the environment thoroughly depressing and underwhelming.
I'm sorry, but the "we're trying our best but there's nothing we can do" line simply doesn't cut it for me.
People at the forefront of industry like Sir Paul Smith should at the very least be investing more profit towards R&D to attempt to come up with solutions to what is the greatest challenge ever to face mankind.
He said it himself - his business attempts to create things we don't need.
I think working towards a future sustainable world which can be enjoyed by ourselves and future generations should receive a greater priority than erecting a rather pointless enormous pink building. How about devoting "Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday" towards saving the world. The planet is dying.
Well, the greatest challenge to mankind it the idiocy thinking that we are killing the planet or that it is dying. Earth/Nature can claim back what has been taken from it and worst case scenario it will take our lives (natural disasters etc) when we push it. Earth is not burning or bleeding as lots of green party members may propagate. Please educate yourself on this topic and stop following blindly what the mainstream media proclaims - there is always an agenda behind it 🤨
@@golfraven5669 YOU are RIGHT about the fact that the Earth will continue and it will take over and it will eliminate us but you were WRONG when you say it's NOT burning. YOU need to look only at the southwest of the USA and the fires-- every summer into the fall-- ravish the land and leave it decimated.
WHEN you say bleeding, I would assume then that could be Waters cascading Higher and Higher, bleeding into the mainland. . Already in the northwest of America on the islands where the indigenous people have lived for hundreds of years, they have been forced to vacate their homelands and enter the mainland which is not what they would ever normally want to do.
THEY CANNOT continue their way of life because they usually live off the ocean exclusively.
THERE are so many other examples that we don't have space or time to list them but the Exodus or the diasporas caused by Wars which you have seen in Europe to a great degree-- as a million Syrian people will welcomed into Germany-- are going to be nothing compared to the Exodus of people around the world as their homelands get engulfed or bled into,if you will, by the Waters that that encroach upon them and cover their crops and cover their houses and cover their towns. THOSE people will be coming to all the places in the world that are more inland and that would include places in the US; places in the EU; places in the UK; and also of course Asia; so I recommend what you recommended to the gentleman--to put it bluntly and succinctly: DO yo3ur homework BEFORE you open your trap😮😤
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the more I learn about paul smith, I think he's no Vivienne westwood. Yeah, so he collects art and junk from yard sales and gets inspiration from world travel, etc. what is he doing to better the problems of waste in the industry? Its nice of him to share some tips with these dull college students. many people just want to become uber rich fashion designers, but they aren't true creatives.