This prolific fashion editor’s ability to turn out an amazing look in shoots, as well as on himself, is relentless. He has managed two here, although we only actually needed the one.
What are you wearing?
“Tailored smoking, shirt and papillon, Lanvin; shirt vintage; T-shirt, Giorgio Armani.”
What’s your greatest fashion luxury/extravagance?
“I don’t have any fashion luxury/extravagance.”
Are you a carry-on or excess-baggage kind of man?
“It depends – normally I carry on, travelling sporty with my Eastpak.”
What’s your biggest sartorial turn-on?
“I love mixing designers with sartorial, like a tailored jacket and designer pants, and vice versa.”
How do you dress to impress?
“I never dress to impress, I dress as I feel that day.”
What’s your hangover/out-for-a-pint-of-milk look?
“I don’t make differences, I dress as I feel.”
Are you, or have you ever been, part of a scene?
“Definitely. I was a hippie when I was a student at art school.”
What do you love about menswear today?
“Freedom of being himself.”
What’s missing from menswear today?
“There is everything.”
Are you part of the zeitgeist?
“Yes, I am.”
What’s your earliest memory or concept of style?
“No, I don’t.”
Who is your ultimate style icon?
“The last dandy, Michael Jackson.”
The true measure of a man is?
“I prefer not to answer.”
Photographer: Raphael Lugassy
By Vincent Levy