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What’s the most-worn item in your wardrobe?
A Napoleonic-inspired jacket from McQueen’s autumn/winter 2025 collection. I wear it with recycled Japanese denim and striped Charvet shirts.
Your go-to comfort dish is…
Steak and red wine. I probably have gout.
Which album would be the soundtrack to your life?
by Nine Inch Nails.
If you could live in a hotel for the rest of your life, which one would it be?
Benesse House in Naoshima. There’s a Kusama pumpkin on the beach.
A sure-fire way to get your day off to a good start?
No tube strikes. I take the Lizzy line to work.
Share your holy grail grooming product.
I’ve been using Youth to the People’s Superfood Skin Drip Serum for 10 years.
What makes a great first date?
Arriving on time.
Which artwork has left the biggest impression on you?
Cindy Sherman’s from the late 1970s. There’s a real sense of vulnerability and voyeurism to them that keeps me coming back.
What’s on your bedside table?
I don’t have one. But I do have tables in my apartment covered with books by artists such as Kenneth Anger, Kai Althoff and David Hammons.
What’s your signature scent?
Santa Maria Novella’s Tabacco Toscano.
How do you unwind?
Movies. I just watched The Times of Bill Cunningham and was floored.
The secret to garnering respect in fashion?
Acceptance of your own identity because that’s your greatest invention.
Name something that reminds you of home.
Anything made by or starring Sharon Horgan. I could see her in a McQueen pencil skirt.
Who’s an up-and-coming designer we should be watching?
Supriya Lele. We recently realised we both went to our first concert – Ozzfest – when we were 13.
The best place to party?
London, of course. I quite enjoyed that club, Lost.
What’s on your playlist right now?
I just saw The Healing Power of Horses in this tiny little bar in Brixton, and loved them. They’ve only got about two songs.
Who’s the best-dressed Londoner of all time?
Dead: Francis Bacon. Alive: Lily McMenamy.
Your favourite interiors piece?
A worn-down oak table from the late 19th century that I bought while working for Dries Van Noten in Antwerp. It’s the best place to buy furniture.
Name your biggest vice.
Smoking. So cliché.
What’s your party trick?
Charades on Christmas evening in Dublin.
The one book everyone should read?
Bruce Lee: The Celebrated Life of the Golden Dragon.
Last time you were starstruck?
Lunch with American costume designer Colleen Atwood. I remember thinking, “Fuck, she’s a force”.
The best gift you’ve ever received or given?
I exchanged a drawing with someone special last week. Handwritten notes or illustrations are always touching.
A cause you wish people talked about more?
Young people who find themselves homeless.
The piece you’d rescue first from the McQueen archives?
I constantly ask them to wheel out the impala-horn jacket Debra Shaw wore in autumn/winter 1997’s It’s a Jungle Out There – and then stare at it with foam coming out of my mouth.
What’s the last thing you bought?
A 1960s tweed jacket in an oversized bottle-green, grey and midnight-blue houndstooth, from the tented market on Portobello Road. Very William Burroughs-esque.
What’s a luxury you’ll always justify?
Live music. I went to a gig in Tufnell Park a few weeks ago and ended up chatting to these kids with strange haircuts who’d travelled from Bristol. It’s a good way to stay inspired.