Photography by Andy Jackson. Simply sign up to the Style myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Also, the fact that I actually show my age and look natural. The place that means a lot to me is Manhattan. I love watching the sun set over the Statue of Liberty and the Hudson River from my window — all the streaks of purple, reds and oranges as the planes land.
At street level, I love that you can walk everywhere. It changes the way everyone communicates. The last thing I bought and loved was an infrared sauna. I recently bought a smaller one from Clearlight for our house in the Hamptons. I collected a lot of shells at the time and made them into jewellery with other objects. We were moving from one generation to another, and I felt that fashion would be my way to express that. The fashion moment that changed everything for me was London between and I had a job with an airline and could go for weekend trips.
Everything new in fashion, music, film, art and social behaviour was happening there right then. My heart was racing every time I visited. I give them to friends. The finish and quality is superb.
I love what the algorithms show me on social media — I saw a video of him performing it with a whole orchestra all dressed in white thobes and red and white shemagh head scarves. I first heard it on election day; it gave me chills. I remember seeing a beautiful chocolate dachshund with golden eyes years ago, and thought it was such a stunning combination. Which is how Wally looks. When my last dog, Zeke, died, I started putting the word out, and a breeder contacted us to say that they had the perfect puppy.
His mother was called Coco Chanel so it was meant to be. The very first one was made in by reshaping a sleeping bag I owned. When my friend Ian Schrager opened Studio 54 in , I made brightly coloured versions for his doormen.
