Who are your taste-makers?

As a task at Uni, we had to select two influential icons whether it's to do with fashion, photography, or art! So I went and had a thought, it took a while because I've never actually thought about it too much. In the end, I came up with one fashion icon and one photography icon.

Diana Vreeland and Nick Knight - so why them? Here are my reasons:

DV

- She went from 'rags to riches'

- Real life Miranda Priestly which I admire so much

- Opened her eyes outside the atmosphere of catwalks and shows

- Embraced 'ugliness' in models e.g. 'tall? elongate her legs.. big nose? shoot in profile'

- Great enthusiasm in life - she was bullied by family but she rose above and achieved her beautiful life

- Definitely someone to look up to, as she never gave up, always herself and didn't care about other people bringing her down

- Own life brief and trusted her own opinions

- Amazing woman - achieved everything from nothing

- Creating styles and movement in fashion

- Didn't know who she was until I started University, however, after watching her documentary, she's made me so inspired and kind of believe in myself to achieve well in life

NK

- Reputation for pushing boundaries

- Not only fashion photography - worked on controversial issues such as racism, ageism and fatism etc

- Photography appearing on many magazine covers

- Known in fashion history - Nov 1993 British Vogue cover featuring Livid Evangelista

- Shot campaigns for many high end brands: Louis Vuitton, Calvin Klein, YSL, Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen and more!

- Shot record covers with David Bowie, George Michael and more!

- Not only a one trick pony, he directs music videos too - Lady Gaga - Born this Way

- Family man

- Always been an inspiration to me since GCSE photography

- His photography are like pieces of art

- His imagination for his stunning shoots gets recognised and appeared in the V&A, Saatchi Gallery and Tate Modern.