ALISTAIR CARR

The new design whizz at Pringle of Scotland, the rightful king who’s claimed his crown of knit, on what gets his needles clicking.

1: LISTEN UP! YOU LOVE MUSIC AS MUCH AS WE DO. NAME 10 GREAT TUNES ON YOUR IPOD NOW.

The Dreamer by The Tallest Man on Earth

Rasputin by Boney M

Superlungs by Terry Reid

Blue Skies by Noah and the Whale

Foreground by Grizzly Bear

Use Once and Destroy by Hole

Blue Ridge Mountains by Fleet Foxes

Attitude by The Misfits

Bad Girls by Donna Summer

If I Can Dream by Elvis

2: WE LOVE TV/FILM/THEATRE! WHAT ARE YOUR 10 MOST FABULOUS THINGS TO WATCH?

Broken Noses by Bruce Weber

The Littlest Hobo (I’ve got the box set)

Two-Lane Blacktop

The Goonies

Allen Carr’s Easy Way to Stop Smoking DVD

Sunrises – better than any film

Sunsets – better than any film

Any Fellini Film

My friends laughing

I Am Love

3. WHAT WOULD WE DO WITHOUT THEM? WHAT ARE YOUR 10 LOVELY WORDS? FOOD, SEX AND MONEY ARE OURS

Love

Sex

Naughtiness

Friends

Holidays

Cashmere

Vintage Rolexes

Versatile

Schiesser Revival underwear

Sun

4: YUM YUM. WHAT 10 THINGS DO YOU LIKE TO EAT? WHAT DISHES, DESSERTS, SAVOURIES, SWEETS?

Chocolate

Pasta

My homemade cheesecakes

Anything from Sake No Hana

Posh cheese

Bresaola and fresh lemon juice

My homemade roast chicken

Johanna Kneppers’ cakes

Nicorette gum

Sarah Lee lemon meringue pie

5: L.O.V.E. WHAT 10 THINGS DO YOU L.O.V.E.? WE WORK IN FASHION, REMEMBER, WE LOVE EVERYTHING…

My friends

Books

London

Honesty

Driving fast

Running

Being chatted up

Roller coasters

Getting lost when I don’t have any plans

Freedom

6: H.A.T.E. WHAT 10 THINGS DO YOU H.A.T.E? WE WORK IN FASHION, REMEMBER, WE HATE EVERYTHING…

Liars

“Sorry, it’s not possible”

That I can’t stop smoking

Moths who eat my cashmere

Excuses

People who read self-help books and don’t help themselves

Too many meetings

Not enough hours in a day

Not enough days in the week

Not enough weeks in a month

7: POOH! WHAT 10 SMELLS ARE ROCKING YOUR NASAL WORLD? NOTHING RUDE, NOW. WELL YOU CAN IF YOU WANT…

Green Irish Tweed by Creed

Ho Hang by Balenciaga

New sheets

Fresh underwear

New shoes

Tipp-Ex

Cut grass in the summer

Suntan lotion

Sex

Hairspray

8: UN-PUT-DOWNABLE! WHAT 10 READS COULDN’T YOU LIVE WITHOUT? 10 MAGAZINE, OF COURSE…

The Andy Book by Bruce Weber

CDC Six magazines

The Japanese Box by Christoph Schifferli

Alaïa by Azzedine Alaïa

Easy Way to Stop Smoking by Allen Carr

Folkert de Jong

The Buckshot Lexicon by Jeff Rian

Marjaana Kella

Life Adjustment Center by Ryan McGinley

It’s Time by David Benjamin Sherry

9: SUCH INSPIRATION! WHO ARE YOUR 10 HEROES? SUPERMAN, MOTHER TERESA, GOD? 

My grandfather

Nicolas Ghesquière

Louise Wilson

Mr Pearl

Gerhard Richter

Joe McKenna

Benoit Duverger

Jeff Buckley

Sylvie Auvray

Azzedine Alaïa

10: HERE, THERE, EVERYWHERE: WHERE ARE YOUR 10 FAVOURITE PLACES? WHAT BUS STOP, WHAT VIEW, WHAT BEACH?

Russian River, California

My bed

My new garden

This secret little cabin I found in Big Sur

The taxi back from the airport

Provence

The Dia: Beacon… early or late, when no one else is there

Cinque Terre

Sitting outside the gym, having a cigarette

My motorbike and an empty road

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by Alistair Carr