- Culture
- 13 May 03
"If you’re getting up on stage, definitely, there should be some difference. You shouldn’t look as if you’ve just walked up from the crowd"
How would you describe your style? I think I’m actually quite conservative. I just try and put nothing too weird and wonderful together. But I guess I’m trying small baby steps and if you don’t get stared at too badly then it’s OK. I get ideas from anything I see that’s cool, from old books and old posters to people I see.
Is it important to project a certain image? Definitely, if you’re getting up on stage there should be some difference. You shouldn’t look as if you’ve just walked up from the crowd. I often find it funny, though, that so many bands seem to go straight to being the 1972 Rolling Stones – when it even took the Rolling Stones ten years to get there from wearing jumpers and checked trousers. A lot of bands go straight into that look when they haven’t even had a year or two playing. And where do you go from there? You can’t exactly pull back to wearing jumpers after that.
Where do you shop? Harlequin I like. It’s one of those places that if you root around for half an hour there is some decent stuff. I don’t really do the whole higher end of the market, although I did manage to get a great two tone kind of ’60s Christian Dior suit, which is just really sweet.
Your most cherished piece of clothing or accessory? I have the most money shirt you could find. I’ve lent it to three people for weddings. It’s white with pink and red swirls on it. It’s one of my most favourite possessions.
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Who is the most stylish musician in the world, living or dead? I would have said, in his day, George Harrison without doubt. I always thought he was the coolest looking Beatle. Some of the clothes he wore were so fucking cool – these big orange kaftan coats or a great denim jacket with a red neck scarf. He always looked the best.
Ollie out of Turn, Maria Tecce, Nina Hynes, Jerry Fish and Gabriela out of Rodrigo y Gabriela interviewed on style here