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What are the three essential items in your wardrobe? My relaxed lounge pants, an overshirt and sneakers. What would you wear … on a first date? Relaxed lounge pants with a tucked in T-shirt, an overshirt in faux leather or hemp, and a nice pair of Derbys. … on a plane? Always a hoodie and my relaxed lounge pants because they’re crease-free. I wear the sneakers we did with Adidas, where the back of the shoe flops down like a mule, and my Bathys headphones – I’m an audio geek. … on the red carpet? My made-to-measure Tom Ford tuxedo with shawl lapel. What’s your favourite fashion decade? I’m very fond of the late ’90s and early 2000s. It was very raw: the grungy, indie, new-metal music culture, Adidas “Superstars”, loose jeans, FUBU, the music videos on Rage … Who are your favourite designers? I like designers such as Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons and Yohji Yamamoto for their philosophy, rather than aesthetically – the way they never compromise and stay true to their path. For example, we use the same fabric mill in Japan as those designers, and the mill told us they use very specific blacks: Rei’s is red-black and Yohji’s is blue-black. That attention to detail really stuck with me.
