Bryan Ferry Interview

[TRINI]

Whole thing here but some interesting quotes:

Anderson & Sheppard seem to have got it right with me. I love the tradition of tailoring and think it is something to support. It's like going to bookshops rather than buying something on an iPad.

English tailors are more about the construction of the suit. Italian tailors can seduce you with wonderful fabrics.

The bespoke process drives me mad. Because when people get it wrong, it's a drag. I love slipping into something ready-to-wear which fits. I don't have much time for fittings now.

I like fabrics and tactility; going into tailors and having shirts made. The two I endorse are Sean O'Flynn on London's Sackville Street and Charvet in Paris is great. It's not cheap but I would rather have one great shirt than 12 that aren't so great.

Two nights ago in Covent Garden I went to see a ballet.I was sitting next to this great Neapolitan tailor called Rubinacci, who has a place opposite Scott's on Mount Street. (He must just stand there with a net grabbing people as they come out.) We were saying how badly dressed the audience were - people in tracksuits, virtually. It's a shame. If I was in charge I would have them all in black tie, I really would. Ballet is a very formal, beautiful thing and when people go in jeans and a pullover, that doesn't seem right to me. There should be a dress code. London is getting dowdy, which is a shame because the city seems to be on rather on the up.

 

[ALFAMALE]

Interesting

 

[Dakota rube]

I'd like to spend a weekend chatting with Bryan Ferry. Seems like an interesting dude.

(no ****)

 

[w.o.e.is.me.]

good read.

 

[lasbar]

Originally Posted by Dakota rube

I'd like to spend a weekend chatting with Bryan Ferry. Seems like an interesting dude.

(no ****)

Agree...

He sounds like a Renaissance man...

 

[ndw]

thx for posting this

 

[Parker]

My style guru.

 

[Dakota rube]

Great thought:

Originally Posted by Bryan Ferry

I wouldn't bother trying to chat up models. Let them come to you! I think pretty girls above a certain standard in beauty are sometimes so spoilt you're wasting your time. Find a good cook instead.

 

[Ianiceman]

Always been a fan. I liked his Antony Price era. See that butter soft black leather blazer on the front of 'The Bride Stripped Bare'. Maybe I'm biased as he comes from the same part of the world as me.

 

[JamesX]

Originally Posted by Dakota rube

Great thought:

And so true

 

[ndw]

Originally Posted by JamesX

And so true

+1 probably helps if you are bryan ferry though

 

[kev777]

The coolest Geordie ever !!!

 

[Ich_Dien]

He's plugging quite a few things there, including Nick Faulkes!!

 

[JakeLA]

Ferry has his ties purposely made two or three inches too short. Just think of all the crap he'd catch in SF if he posted a pic here wearing one of them.

 

[itsstillmatt]

Originally Posted by Dakota rube

I'd like to spend a weekend chatting with Bryan Ferry. Seems like an interesting dude. (no ****)
He is a nice guy.