September 11, 2011 |
FROM THE VAULT (SUMMER 2011)
Tabitha Simmons – The Stateside Brit
A day in the life of Tabitha Simmon’s would look, we’d like to imagine a little like this. Wake up, shoot some delectable fashions for v.important magazine with v.talented and in demand photographer who just happens to be your husband, then onto the office or wherever it is that you go to design your name sake shoe collection that just happens to have waiting lists from here to the moon and back again, before jumping on a plane to Paris and setting up camp at the Ritz for twice yearly marathon known as the shoes. She’s busy, so busy she barely has time to ping let alone breathe. But then, that’s just the way she likes it. Well, you’d be bored otherwise no?
FIRST TOE DIPPED IN THE MURKY WATERS OF FASHION?
“Working in a shoe shop selling shoes on a Saturday when I was 14.”
WHAT’S NEW WITH YOU?
“By the time I tell you it will be old.”
HOW DID YOU GET YOUR START?
“Having a massive interest in fashion and banging on Katie Grand’s door begging to be an intern at Dazed & Confused.”
ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR THAT’S INSPIRING YOU RIGHT NOW?
“Mainly Victorian, Military and Goth.”
DO YOU EVER FEEL THAT NASTY TWANG OF JEALOUSY NO ONE WILL ADMIT TO WHEN LOOKING ROUND AT YOUR PEERS?
“No! I have lots of respect for designers especially since I started my own shoe collection.”
HOW MOST PEOPLE DRESS IS…
“Enlightening.”
IF YOU COULD BE A SUPERHERO, WHICH ONE WOULD YOU BE?
“Wonder Woman! She was hot and could fly around in an invisible helicopter.”
WHAT IS GOOD DESIGN IS…
“It is functional as well as looking good.”
WHAT’S VULGAR?
“It changes from season to season.”
DO YOU REMEMBER YOUR VERY FIRST DRESS?
“Yes, it was a denim pinafore with Let’s be Friends on it.”
DO YOU HAVE A MUSE? A SOURCE OF ENDLESS IDEAS TO FUEL YOU?
“Yes, my muse is my best friend Karen Elson!”
by Natalie Dembinska
Photograph by Marcelo Krasilcic – www.marcelok.com
