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    The stylist, designer and Collagerie co-founder loves Shirley Bassey and “jazzy shoes”

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  • Thursday, 26 June, 2025
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  • Friday, 13 June, 2025
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    The French ceramics workshop co-founder loves Cameron Diaz, cardigans and ‘stupid cats’

    Ivan Pericoli at home in Paris
  • Friday, 6 June, 2025
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    Creative director Anna Polonsky: ‘A clementine box from Natoora is the Hermès of citrus’

    The founder of design studio Polonsky & Friends loves Olga Berluti, Breton T-shirts and Poilâne’s ‘Punishment’ biscuits

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  • Friday, 23 May, 2025
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    Gauthier Borsarello: ‘My indulgence? I have a little nap in my office’

    The creative director of menswear brand Fursac talks taste

    Borsarello in his living room
  • Friday, 16 May, 2025
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    Pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi talks taste – and toast

    The classical star on making music from mountains, Mick Jagger’s style and the perfect crust

    Ludovico Einaudi at home in Turin
  • Friday, 9 May, 2025
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    WeTransfer co-founder Damian Bradfield loves the macabre, Monster Munch and Cillian Murphy’s hair

    Life in Amsterdam hasn’t taken away the creative’s taste for beige British foods

  • Monday, 5 May, 2025
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    The head curator of The Met’s Costume Institute loves dachshunds, The Vicar of Dibley and Villa d’Este

    Andrew Bolton at his home in New York
  • Friday, 2 May, 2025
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    Curator Koyo Kouoh: ‘When I need to feel inspired, I go to sleep’

    The curator of the 2026 Venice Biennale loves whisky sours, Massive Attack and being the ‘high priestess of the okra church’

  • Friday, 18 April, 2025
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    Cake artist Sophia Stolz: ‘I’m sad when the party ends’

    The baker and food stylist loves meringue, Marlboro Lights and Vienna’s techno scene

    Sophia Stolz at home in Vienna
  • Friday, 11 April, 2025
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    Jay Lim, founder of Say Touché, talks taste

    The founder and CEO of the South Korean lifestyle brand loves tattoos, vintage cars and caps

    Jay Lim at home in Seoul
  • Friday, 4 April, 2025
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    ‘A mascara does miracles’: Dior make-up guru Peter Philips talks taste

    The brand’s creative and image director loves snacks, elephants and a round-neck sweater

  • Friday, 21 March, 2025
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    Artist Grace Atkinson: ‘My style icon is Sinéad O’Connor’

    The Paris-based creative and textile designer on astrology, martial arts and her ‘witchy’ Miu Miu heels

    Grace Atkinson at her home in Paris, below a painting by Stella Berkofsky
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    The editor-in-chief of Interview loves blue shampoo, double denim and his black leather de Sede couch

    Mel Ottenberg at home in New York with his custom rug and 1970s chairs and lamp from Galerie Hervouet, Paris
  • Friday, 28 February, 2025
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    Iain Watson: ‘A bespoke Harrods sourdough loaf is a lovely gift’

    The CEO of David Collins Studio loves Bárbara Hulanicki, falafel and his Hermès valet stand

    Iain Watson at home in London. Above him hangs a portrait of Madonna’s Re-Invention Tour of 2004 by Steven Klein
  • Friday, 21 February, 2025
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    Samba queen Sabrina Sato: ‘Heaven must be similar to Carnival’

    The Brazilian star loves sunglasses, massages and her tailor-made costumes

    Sabrina Sato wears a Carnival outfit at home in São Paulo
  • Friday, 7 February, 2025
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    Legendary designer Norma Kamali talks taste

    The creator of the Sleeping Bag coat loves a life hack, shuns Botox and admires the muscles of Michelangelo

    Norma Kamali at home in Manhattan
  • Friday, 31 January, 2025
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    Kartell’s Claudio Luti on skis, sculpture and slim-cut suits

    The CEO of the Italian design company talks taste

    Claudio Luti in the garden of his Milan home
  • Friday, 24 January, 2025
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    Nathalie de Saint Phalle: ‘I am not a sheep, I’m a goat’

    The author and publisher on lie-ins, pink lipstick and why we’re living in a Kafkaesque world

    Nathalie de Saint Phalle at home in Naples, with FZ-Charcot, 1994, by Salvatore Puglia on the wall to her right
  • Friday, 3 January, 2025
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    Couples Therapy’s Orna Guralnik: ‘Love your partner for who they are, not who you want them to be’

    The clinical psychologist talks taste

    Orna Guralnik at home in New York
  • Friday, 20 December, 2024
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    ‘My style icons are the women I’m related to’: fashion royalty Lucie de la Falaise talks taste

    The design consultant and former model on mustard, starburst mirrors and her late mother-in-law Anita Pallenberg

    Lucie de la Falaise in her West Sussex home
  • Friday, 13 December, 2024
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    ‘Show people who you are by the work that you do’: former NFL star Michael Bennett talks taste

    The designer and philanthropist on cake, community and creating change

    Bennett at home in Honolulu, Hawaii
  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
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    Artist Mr Bingo: ‘Nudism is the freest state you can be in’

    The founder of the eponymous shop on postcards, litter picking and the joy of being naked

    Mr Bingo tucking into a pizza at his home in London
  • Friday, 29 November, 2024
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    ‘I look like a design serial killer’: Queer Eye’s Jeremiah Brent talks taste

    The designer loves the Vienna Secession, slapstick humour and is ‘a psycho’ for scent

    Jeremiah Brent in the formal living room of his New York home
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