“One of my favourite restaurants is Buca dell'Orafo near my old apartment in Florence. Simple Tuscan food in a medieval cantina next to the Ponte Vecchio bridge.”

“Anywhere in the right company.”

“The House Hotel in Istanbul – the city and hotel keep seducing me back. Edgar Pinto's beautifully restored Old Harbour Hotel in Fort Kochi is also a favourite.”

“Belgian designers Dries Van Noten and Raf Simons , Austrian designer-turned-artist Helmut Lang; and the Japanese avant gardist Junya Watanabe – all great design visionaries. Everyday clothes, second hand things. It changes and doesn’t change all the time.”

“Shoes. You can get away with most things if you have convincing shoes.”

“Cultivate your imagination.”

“I had a whole summer wardrobe made for myself last year whilst travelling. I tend to get my clothes altered at a small tailors on Via Ghibellina in Florence. They have re-tailored entire vintage suits for me.”

“ Comme des Garçons ( Junya Watanabe ) make excellent shirts. When I can, I tend to have shirts made to measure.”

“A slim trouser from the old Helmut Lang collections. They were quite perfectly designed.”

“Slim/skinny jeans that I get altered at the tailors.”

“An English or Italian-made classic shoe or canvas sneaker.”

“I prefer bicycles and boats.”

“My smart phone.”

“I always love re-listening to albums from the whole grunge/indie/dance/hip-hop scene in the early 90s - reminds me of mosh pits and the joys of adolescence.”