Gareth Pugh On Kylie, His Accountant And How His Brother Introduced Him To Fashion: Designer Insider Exclusive Q&A

Since Gareth Pugh won the highly coveted ANDAM award in 2008 and therefore the mega opportunity to showcase his collection each season as part of the Paris Fashion Week schedule, we’ve missed his presence on the London scene. His uncompromisingly fierce vision of the future is just one of the reasons why his killer clothes make for editorial shoot dreams and are the perfect fodder for fashion royalty like Rihanna, Beyonce and Gaga. This weekend he’s swapped pattern cutting for vodka, well, kind of, by designing an equally innovative portable cocktail bar Grey Goose Winter Ball To Benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation. We’ll have a cocktail, but would like to know more about the man, so we took a minute’s Q&A with Pugh…

Grazia Daily: How did you originally get into fashion?

Gareth Pugh: 'My brother used to spend all his money on designer clothes, and I used to spend all my time stealing them.'

Grazia Daily: What’s the scariest thing for you each season?

'The recurring dream of waking up on show day with no samples.'

Grazia Daily: How do you find Paris Fashion Week different to LFW?

Gareth Pugh: 'Taxis are so much harder to come by!'

Grazia Daily: Is there one thing that people would be surprised to know about you?

Gareth Pugh: 'That would be telling...'

Grazia Daily: Oh, no fair. So is there one piece you’ve designed yourself that you wear time and time again?

Gareth Pugh: 'There’s a long black fur coat that I made for a show in London years ago that always comes out when it gets cold- in fact I have it on right now.'