SAUL NASH
Saul Nash, fashion designer and choreographer, on a sculpture by Mark Jenkins GB Tell me why you chose this. SN I like the way the two bodies balance one another. […]
MARK ELEY
Mark Eley, designer, on a perfectly manicured lawn bowling green GB Tell me why you chose this. ME Bowls has been a pastime of mine for the last six years […]
AMÉLIE PICHARD
Amélie Pichard, designer, on her Playboy magazine with a personal dedication from Pamela Anderson GB Tell me why you chose this as an object of beauty. AP I have a […]
SIR PAUL SMITH
Sir Paul Smith, designer, on an aardvark GB Tell me why you chose an aardvark as an object of beauty. PS There wasn’t a great deal of thought that went […]
LEO CARLTON
Leo Carlton, fashion artifact and millinery designer, on a brooch he made from a dead baby bird GB Tell me why you chose this. LC I chose the bird because […]
PETER COPPING
Peter Copping, Creative Director at Oscar de la Renta, on Whistlejacket by George Stubbs, 1762 GB Tell me why you chose this painting. PC I grew up with horses and […]
STAVROS KARELIS
Stavros Karelis, Founder of Machine-A, on a Nicomede Talavera Pillow Bag GB Tell me why you chose this. SK I love this as an object because a pillow for me […]
MOLLY PARKIN
Molly Parkin, Painter and Poet, on her garden. GB Tell me why you chose this. MP The garden rescues me all the time. I’ve always loved trees. When I gave […]
JAMIE MORGAN
Jamie Morgan, photographer, on a contact sheet. GB Tell me why you chose this. JM As much as I love beauty, I don’t collect beautiful objects, so I couldn’t find […]
HEATHER-MARY JACKSON
Heather-Mary Jackson, stylist and co-founder of Brownstone Cowboys, on the view from her bedroom to her living room. GB Tell me why you chose this. HMJ I keep taking pictures […]
MILES ALDRIDGE
Miles Aldridge, fashion photographer and artist, on his copy of The Garrick Year by Margaret Drabble. GB Tell me why you chose this. MA This is a copy of ‘The […]
PIERS ATKINSON
Piers Atkinson, milliner, on his Chinese headdress. GB Tell me what this is and why you chose this. PA The object is a headdress from either a Chinese opera or […]
SIMON COSTIN
Simon Costin, art director and curator, on his bronze satyr. GB Tell me why you chose this. SC It’s often hard to explain why a certain object has a unique […]
HARRIS ELLIOTT
Harris Elliott, creative director, stylist and designer, on a pair of shoes. GB Tell me why you chose these shoes. HE I chose these shoes because ever since they were […]
JEANNE-SALOMÉ ROCHAT
Jeanne-Salomé Rochat, magazine publisher, on a Lawrence Weiner painting. GB Tell me why you chose this. JSR I was attracted by a work that seems to have no function except […]
HIROSHI FUJIWARA
Hiroshi Fujiwara, ‘godfather of streetwear,’ on his photograph of a snowy scene in Hakkoda, Japan. GB Where is this picture taken? HF That is the place called Hakkoda (Aomori/Japan). GB […]
GILDED BIRDS 