December 11, 2016 |
We’ve often wondered what makes the king of the spike – jewelled spike, no less – tick. Diamonds and pearls? Silver and gold? Yes, among other things, but there is more to Eddie Borgo than gems and precious metals. Much more. Read on.
1. LISTEN UP! We know that you love music as much as we do. Name ten songs on your iPhone right now.
1. Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) by Neil Young
2. The Scientist by Willie Nelson
3. Deadweight on Velveteen by Jose Gonzalez
4. Just Like Honey by The Jesus and Mary Chain
5. In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins
6. Walk on the Wild Side by Lou Reed
7. Summertime by Nina Simone
8. Fast Car by Tracy Chapman
9. Sometimes by Erykah Badu
10. Always on My Mind by Elvis Presley
2. We LOVE TV/Film/Theatre. What are your 10 most fabulous things to watch?
1. Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
2. Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
3. Andy Warhol’s Heat
4. Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper
5. Liquid Sky by Slava Tsukerman
6. My Own Private Idaho by Gus Van Sant
7. Portfolio by Robert Guralnick
8. The Endless Summer by Bruce Brown
9. Ciao! Manhattan
10. Wendy Whelan
3. What would we do without them? What are your 10 LOVELY WORDS? Food, sex and money are ours.
1. Magic
2. Mystery
3. Hope
4. Authenticity
5. Communication
6. Risk
7. Spontaneity
8. Humility
9. Rhythm
10. Restraint
4. Yum yum. What do you like TO EAT?
1. Fuji apples
2. Cacio e pepe at Sant Ambroeus, SoHo, NYC
3. Natural peanut butter
(on almost anything)
4. The beef stroganoff at Le Hangar, Paris
5. My friend Victor Glemaud’s notorious chicken dinners
6. Mom’s poppy-seed cake
7. Mandarins and grapefruit (all citrus)
8. The burger at Ferdi, Paris
9. The Pitti salad at Bar Pitti, NYC
10. Martinis, plus half a salad and half a filet mignon, with Camilla Staerk at Lucien, NYC
5. L.O.V.E. What 10 things do you LOVE? We work in fashion, remember, we love everything…
1. My studio – and all of the talented people that I get to collaborate with every day
2. Donald Judd
3. Road trips
4. Peonies
5. The Dunmore hotel, Bahamas
6. My black fitted Lids cap
7. New York City
8. Jean-Michel Frank
9. My best friend Jamie (and her son Jasper)
10. The artwork of Anthony James
6. H.A.T.E. What 10 things do you HATE? We work in fashion, remember, we hate everything…
1. Onions
2. Apple Inc
3. Midtown elevators
4. The winter
5. “Inspired” jewellers
6. Modern “aristocracy”
7. Discrimination
8. Senator Jesse Helms
9. Propaganda
10. Entitlement
7. Pooh! What are rocking your nasal world right now? Nothing rude now – well, you can if you want…
1. Gris Clair by Serge Lutens
2. Freshly cut grass
3. Bonfires
4. Argan oil
5. Spanish Gardenia candle by Red Flower
6. Cottonseed oil
7. Honeysuckle
8. A Sunday roast, cooking in the oven
9. Balsam fir oil
10. Brezza di Mare by I Profumi di Firenze
8. Un-put-downable! What 10 READS couldn’t you live without? 10, of course.
1. Just Kids by Patti Smith
2. War Boy by Kief Hillsbery
3. The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky by Joan Acocella
4. Fire in the Belly by Cynthia Carr
5. The Minds of Billy Milligan by Daniel Keyes
6. I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp by Richard Hell
7. Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man by Bill Clegg
8. Holy Terror: Andy Warhol Close Up by Bob Colacello
9. Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain
10. Edie: American Girl by Jean Stein and George Plimpton
9. Such INSPIRATION! Who are your 10 heroes? Superman, Mother Teresa, God?
1. Robert Mapplethorpe
2. Elsa Peretti
3. River Phoenix
4. Fred Hughes
5. Pierre Cardin
6. Bill Willis
7. Arthur Rimbaud
8. Donald Judd
9. Richard Serra
10. Lou Reed
10. HERE, THERE, EVERYWHERE. Where are your 10 favourite places? What bus stop, what view, what beach?
1. Elizabeth Street Garden, New York
2. Positano, Italy
3. Patmos, Greece
4. The Ed Koch Theatre, Lincoln Centre, NYC
5. Battery Park, NYC, at sunset
6. The Richmond, London
7. The Four Seasons Restaurant, 52nd Street, NYC
8. Big Sur, California
9. The Donald Judd house on Spring Street, NYC
10. The Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, NYC
Taken from Issue 57 of 10 Magazine, TRUE RANDOM AUTHENTIC, on newsstands now…
