June 5, 2011 |
FROM THE VOLT (WINTER 2010)
NAME: Richard Gray.
MAGAZINES/EMPLOYERS: The Sunday Times Style.
OCCUPATION: cod journalist.
OFFICIAL JOB TITLE: online editor.
STAR SIGN: Taurus da bull.
PORN-STAR NAME (FIRST PET’S NAME + MOTHER’S MAIDEN NAME): Patch Booth.
FIRST JOB: “Hello, Paruchieres hair salon, Barnsley, how can I help youuuuu? A perm? Yeah, sure, we can fit you in.”
WORST JOB: cod journalist.
WHAT ARE YOU WEARING (ON THE DAY YOUR PORTRAIT WAS TAKEN)? I like this bit. Shirt: Visvim, trousers: W)Taps, shoes Dr Martens x Comme des Garçons, socks, Burlington. (Tosser.)
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT: Diets. All kinds of diets. And being fat.
ARE YOU PART OF THE ZEITGEIST? The what, dear?
HAVE YOU EVER USED/WOULD YOU EVER USE SEX TO FURTHER YOUR CAREER? Oh, I’ll do anything to anything, animal, vegetable or mineral. However, I draw the line at kissing.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE? D.r.U.g.Z.
WHAT DO YOU HATE? That pain in the frontal lobe after 14 pints of Kronenbourg.
WHO ARE YOUR INFLUENCES? WHO DO YOU LOOK UP TO? Mrs Prada.
IF NOT YOU, WHO/WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE? Jeremy Young, Exit 22, Dunhill SS11.
WHAT’S YOUR POISON? Anything remotely healthy.
ARE YOU A BITCH? Ooh, she can be vile when she wants, darlins…
WHAT TURNS YOU ON? Bulk. And Junya (not him, the collection). And not in that order.
SELL YOURSELF IN 10 WORDS: Fat. Funny. Boring. Short. Capricious. A. Drunk. Northern. Twat. Pooh.
WHAT’S UP AND COMING? Can I get serious here? Clubwear: it means something, soon. Christ, that sounds pretentious. Balenciaga hinted at it. We’re not talking Party Monster and feather boas – it’s less camp than that. But something is bubbling underneath the surface and it’s not that kebab meat and chips I had from the Golden Fryer on the Mile End Road, Friday night.
by Natalie Dembinska
Photograph by Maria Ziegelboeck – www.mariaziegelboeck.com
