Jasper Conran
Designer
1. What are your favourite
shops and why?
The jewellers SJ Phillips,
Bond Street – because they are so pleasant.
2. Your favourite restaurant
and why?
The Four Seasons in New
York – because they make the best Martini in the world.
3. And your favourite
hotel?
Claridges
in London – because they have the best room service.
4. Where have you received
the best customer service?
Claridges in London and
The Mercer in New York.
5. What do you dislike?
Silver service of the dome-raising
kind.
6. Who or what has been
your biggest influence?
Chanel.
7. Is beauty or function
more important?
Perfect function is beautiful.
8. What do you do to
relax?
Gardening.
9. Where would your ideal
holiday be?
In my house in France.
10. What is your favourite
item of clothing?
Black cashmere polo necks.
11. What is your favourite
fragrance?
Christian Dior’s Eau Sauvage.
12. What is your ideal
watch?
A 1930s Cartier tank.
13. And your ideal car?
A 1960s Aston Martin.
14. Which luxury company
currently has the best ads?
Yves Saint Laurent.
15. Do you collect anything,
or would you like to?
Elizabethan portraits.
16. What is your most
trea-sured possession?
My dog.
17. What was your most
recent luxury purchase?
Shirts at Charvet in Paris.
18. What are you currently
dreaming of buying?
I am trying to stop myself.
19. Who do you tip to
watch over the next 10 years?
Tom Conran.
20. What do you predict
will be the biggest trend this century?
Space travel/time travel.
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