Occupation and Position.
FASHION. AESTHETICS. ARCHITECTURE.
SENIOR DESIGNER FOR HELMUT LANG.

What neighborhood do you closely identify with? What makes it so unique to you?
A HYBRID OF TRIBECA L.E.S. AND FORT GREENE WITH LOTS OF CENTRAL PARK. NOWADAYS I FEEL THAT NEIGHBOURHOODS IN MOST METROPOLITAIN CITIES DO NOT REALLY HAVE NEIGHBOURS OR A HOMOGENOUS IDENTITY. OR MAYBE IT’S JUST ME WHO CAN’T DECIDE…

What’s the greatest item that you’ve dug up at a local garage sale? How much did it cost?
GARAGE SALE IN NYC? I BOUGHT ORIGINAL ARCHITECTURAL INK DRAWINGS OF THE OPERA DE PARIS AT THE CHELSEA FLEAMARKET. I CAN’T DATE THEM BUT THEY ARE OLD AND YELLOW.

If you could interview one unsung hero, who would it be? Why?
HASSO HERSCHEL WHO N THE 60’S IN BERLIN HELPED THOUSANDS OF EASTERN GERMANS TO ESCAPE BY DIGGING A TUNNEL INTO THE WEST. THERE IS ALSO A MOVIE BASED ON THIS CALLED “THE TUNNEL”.

What’s your favorite youtube video?

Where are your favorite local spots to eat?
IL BUCO – DINNER
WOOCHON – DINNER
BACARO - DINNER
LOVELY DAY - BRUNCH
DENALS – BRUNCH
BROWN - LUNCH
SUNDAES AND CONES - ANYTIME

What are your favorite local nightlife scenes?
ANYWHERE DOWNTOWN WITH A JAMESON.

What songs are at the top of your playlist at this very moment?
FUGAZI - REPEATER
STILL LIFE – TRUTH
SERGE GAINSBOURG – LA DECADANSE
JOHN COLTRANE – PART 4 (PSALM)
NEU! - LILA ENGEL
THE SMITHS – HALF PERSON
YEASAYER – 2080
ERIC SATIE – DANSES GOTHIQUES
SHUGGIE OTIS – INSPIRATION INFORMATION
BATTLES - TIJ
HEALTH – //M\\
NINA SIMONE – MY MAN’S GONE NOW
MY BLOODY VALENTINE – WHEN YOU SLEEP
CAP N JAZZ – FLASHPOINT: CATHETER
DUSTY BROWN - UNSCATHED
POLE – LACHEN
RYU – ILL-BEATNIK
THE SEA AND CAKE – ONE BEDROOM
MF DOOM – THE FINEST
COOL CALM PETE – NEW JACK BIDDIE
NAS – ONE MIC
MANUAL – MIDNIGHT IS WHERE THE DAY BEGINS
BONNIE PRINCE BILLY – AM I DEMON
THE ETHIOPIANS – THE SELAH
MAN MAN – VAN HELSING BOOMBOX
BORIS WITH MICHIO KUIHARA – RAINBOW

What new projects you are building on right now?
JUST FINISHED DESIGNING THE SPRING SUMMER 2009 MEN’S COLLECTION AND STARTING NOW THE WOMEN’S COLLECTION. THEN I’M DREAMING OF BUILDING/DESIGNING MY OWN NEIGHBOURHOOD…

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