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after having spent 12 years in London. He said that being back in
Scotland was a "breath of fresh air" and added: "Life seemed too hard in London. I needed to be there initially because of my career but now that I'm more established I feel it's going to be easier to commute. I'm elated to be back."
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in Milan. According to Purden, "I was surrounded by beautiful people so I remember laughing my head off that they thought I looked exotic. I was just a wee boy from a housing estate in
Lanarkshire but I had thick, long curly hair and they liked me. The designer
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Italian) and consumer issues. However, in February 2008 he was branded a 'kitchen calamity' after recording the lowest-ever score on the BBC programme
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used me as his muse, and designed an entire collection on me. It was an amazing time."
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