June 3, 2015 |
“The first shoes I remember,” says Sandra Choi, creative director of Jimmy Choo, “are from when I was seven years old and I was given a pair of white patent mary-janes with a tiny heel. I remember adoring them and how grown-up they made me feel.” We’re assuming that they made her feel pretty great. Like a princess, even. Here are some more things that make Choi feel pretty great.
1 Listen up! You love music as much as we do – name 10 great tunes on your iPod now.
1. Boys Don’t Cry by The Cure
2. 7 seconds by Neneh Cherry
3. Just Can’t Get Enough by Depeche Mode
4. Everything Is Everything by Lauryn Hill
5. Balla Baby by Chingy
6. Back to Black by Amy Winehouse
7. Escandalo by Caetano Veloso
8. Heartbeat (Chase & Status We Just Bought a
Guitar Mix) by Nneka
9. Lose Yourself by Eminem
10. Black Flies by Ben Howard
2 We love TV/film/theatre.
What are your 10 most fabulous things to watch?
1. Scarface
2. In the Mood for Love
3. Argo
4. Internal Affairs (Chinese Version)
5. City of God
6. EastEnders
7. Kill Bill (all volumes)
8. Léon
9. Spirited Away
10. Matilda
3 What would we do without
them? What are your 10 lovely words? Food, sex and money are ours.
1. Choos aka shoes
2. Happy
3. A-yaah (Cantonese!)
4. Sausage
5. Tam (my husband)
6. Va-va-voom (I use it in the studio)
7. Ta-dah (just sounds lovely)
8. “i” anything (Phone, Pad, Cloud, TV, Mac)
9. Please
10. Thank you
4 Yum yum. What 10 things do
you like to eat? What dishes, desserts, savouries or sweets?
1. Roast chicken with all the trimmings done by me or my
husband
2. Langoustine risotto by my husband
3. Macaroni cheese
4. Pho (any kind)
5. Saag gosht lamb
6. Cadbury milk chocolate (UK-made only)
7. Cheetos (USA-made only)
8. Soya chai tea latte
9. Steamed-fish parcel (my version)
10. Potted shrimps
5 L.O.V.E. What 10 things do
you LOVE? We work in fashion, remember, we love everything.
1. My family – my husband and the girls
2. My Choos (especially my personal collection from over
the years!)
3. Black and white (colours and facts)
4. iPhone – I do everything on it anywhere, anytime.
5. Special moments with the girls
6. “ME” time on the plane
7. Sparkles
8. Nature – animals/reptiles for work and being green
fingered when not working
9. Vintage jewellery
10. Design with integrity
6 H.A.T.E. What 10 things do
you HATE? We work in fashion, remember, we hate everything.
1. Dirty, long toenails
2. Arrogance
3. Disrespect
4. The stale odour after leaving the washing in the
washing machine for too long
5. Bad breath
6. Missing my family
7. Turquoise nail polish
8. Goat/sheep cheese
9. IT problems
10. Men wearing Ugg boots
7 Pooh! What 10 smells are
rocking your nasal world? Nothing rude now – well, you can if you want.
1. Fresh eucalyptus
2. The smell of my girls (preferably after a bath)
3. Freshly laundered everything (good old Comfort
fabric conditioner)
4. Daylesford Vine Tomato candle
5. The seaside – it reminds me of the Isle of Wight
6. Grandma Lee’s cooking
7. Vodka and tonic with lots of lime
8. Roast chicken
9. Fresh arrival of a shoe delivery (lovely smell)
10. My husband wearing his scent (Declaration by
Cartier)
8 Un-put-downable! What
reads couldn’t you live without? 10 magazine (of course)
1. 10 of course!
2. Coté Sud magazine
3. Made in Italy by Giorgio Locatelli
4. Ideat magazine
5. Gerhard Richter books
6. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
7. Mr Nice by Howard Marks
8. Wild Swans by Jung Chang
9. Newsweek
10. Mr Men – the entire series. My eldest daughter
loves them
11. Oxford English Dictionary
9 Such inspiration! Who are
your 10 heroes? Superman, Mother Teresa, God?
1. Coco Chanel
2. Tina Chow
3. Lara Croft
4. Wong Kar-Wai
5. Queen Elizabeth II
6. Grandma Lee
7. Oprah Winfrey
8. Margaret Thatcher
9. Buddha
10. Stephen Hawking
10 Here, there, everywhere.
Where are your 10 favourite places? What busstop, what view, what beach?
1. Tokyo – fascinating!
2. Anywhere in Provence, south of France
3. My bed at home
4. Standing on the highest point of Albert Bridge,
London
5. The view from my office – a 360 of London if I walk
around the entire floor
6. Ibiza without children
7. Hong Kong – my childhood
8. London – HOME
9. Le Nid Du Duc – my dear friend’s family home, where
she first introduced me to the raw beauty of the south of France and sauvignon
blanc over 20 years ago.
10. Our “getaway” in the country near Bath
