I have my favourite fashion decade, yes, yes, yes: ’60s. It was a sort of little revolution; the clothes were amazing but not too exaggerated. Luxury will be always around, no matter what happens in the world. I think I’d go mad if I didn’t have a place to escape to. I love my beauty. It’s not my fault. The great thing about fashion isRead more ->

My breakfast is very important. Awkwardness gives me great comfort. I’ve never been cool, but I’ve felt cool. I’ve been in the cool place, but I wasn’t really cool – I was trying to pass for hip or cool. It’s the awkwardness that’s nice. Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possessionRead more ->

You can hide so much behind theatrics, and I don’t need to do that any more. Elegance isn’t solely defined by what you wear. It’s how you carry yourself, how you speak, what you read. Attention to detail is of utmost importance when you want to look good. I think the idea of mixing luxury and mass-market fashion is very modern, very now – noRead more ->

You have a more interesting life if you wear impressive clothes. Confidence. If you have it, you can make anything look good. It’s really easy to get colors right. It’s really hard to get black – and neutrals – right. Black is certainly a color but it’s also an illusion. You can only go forward by making mistakes. The market is like a language, andRead more ->

I don’t like trends. They tend to make everybody look the same. I love my beauty. It’s not my fault. I’ve treated the waistcoat as if it were a corset, so that it becomes the first layer in the process of putting clothes on the body. There is constant motion between layering and revealing. Dressing up. People just don’t do it anymore. We have toRead more ->