In the name of investigative journalism, because, as you know, we are all about investigative journalism, we probe Peter Philips, creative and image director of Dior Makeup, on all things Philips, things other than eyeliner, because despite being a dab hand with a little something liquid and a brush, there’s more to him than just a symmetrical cat flick.
Listen up! You love music as much as we do. Name 10 great tunes on your iPod now.
1.The Amarcord soundtrack by Nino Rota
2.Piensa En Mi by Luz Casal (from the High Heels soundtrack)
3.Un Año de Amor by Luz Casal (from the High Heels soundtrack)
4.Happy by Pharrell Williams
5.Sam’s Mix (Sam McKnight gave me the best playlist)
6.Mozart’s Requiem
7.Papa, Can You Hear Me? by Barbra Streisand
8.The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face by Roberta Flack
9.Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley
10.Zij Gelooft In Mij by André Hazes
We love TV/film/theatre. What are your 10 most fabulous things to watch?
1.TCM
2.David Attenborough’s Planet Earth
3.The Big Bang Theory
4.Maurice
5.Everything with Sophia Loren in it
6.The Truman Show
7.Requiem for a Dream
8.RuPaul’s Drag Race
9.The Piano
10.Fred and Ginger movies
What would we do without them? What are your 10 lovely words? Food, sex
and money are ours.
1.Dreams
2.Colours
3.Humour
4.Taste
5.Hope
6.Smell
7.Kiss
8.Moisturiser
9.Family
10.Friends
Yum yum. What 10 things do you like to eat? What dishes, desserts, savouries
or sweets?
Marzipan
Rode kool met worst en gebakken patatjes
Pink champagne
Caviar caspia
Ice cream
Frietjes met mayonaise
Pringles
Gingerbread
Pimms
Olive oil, salt and pepper on almost everything
L.O.V.E. What 10 things do you LOVE? We work in fashion, remember, we
love everything.
1.Jokes
2.Fashion
3.Furniture
4.My family
5.Instagram
6.My godchild
7.Dancing
8.Playing cards with my brother
9.Doing somebody’s make-up
10.Brunch
H.A.T.E. What 10 things do you HATE? We work in fashion, remember, we
hate everything.
1.Hate
2.Working out
3.Rain
4.Hypocrisy
5.Racism
6.Hangovers
7.Extremism (in everything!)
8.Losing things (such as friends, iPhone, youth…)
9.Heatwaves
10.Gravity
Pooh! What 10 smells are rocking your nasal world? Nothing rude now –
well, you can if you want.
1.Odeur 53 by Comme de Garçons
2.Bois d’Argent by Christian Dior
3.Autumn countryside mornings
4.Home-made cooking
5.Floor wax
6.Aventus by Creed
7.Flowers
8.Beach Knokke
9.Coffee
10.Fresh bed linen
Un-put-downable! What 10 reads couldn’t you live without? 10, of course.
1.10 magazine, of course
2.Versailles by Robert Polidori
3.National Geographic
4.The Age of Collage
5.Oosterschelde Windkracht 10 by Jan Terlouw
6.Asterix and Obelix
7.Droom van Gouden Bergen by Ling Zhang
8.Naked by David Sedaris
9.The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe by J Randy Taraborrelli
10.De Arme Verkwister by Ernst Weiß
Such inspiration! Who are your 10 heroes? Superman, Mother Teresa, God?
1.Pater Damiaan
2.Mickey Mouse
3.My parents
4.My grandparents
5.The cast of Steel Magnolias
6.Heidi Morawetz
7.My godchild
8.Jessica Rabbit
9.Jessica Lange
10.Pilots
Here, there, everywhere. Where are your 10 favourite places? What bus
stop, what view, what beach?
1.My house in Antwerp
2.My apartment in Paris
3.The Greenwich Hotel, New York
4.The front of the plane
5.Private beach, Koh Samui
6.The passenger’s seat
7.The driver’s seat, when in Antwerp
8.Inside my head
9.Under the mistletoe
10.Between the sheets
Photographer: Willy
Vanderperre