<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n <\/p>\nTell me a little bit about your collaboration with Fred Perry.<\/strong> \nIt came about because apparently they tend to do a series of special designs, limited editions. And somebody knew somebody at Fred Perry, who also knew somebody at The CCA. I was on their list of collaborators and that\u2019s how [the collection] came about. <\/p>\nDoes the brand Fred Perry have any personal meaning to you?<\/strong> \nIt used to, in my self-portrait, that was meant to be a Fred Perry shirt, but it\u2019s a rip off, it doesn\u2019t have the motif on it. But I used to wear shirts like that so Fred Perry is a brand that I have interest in. \n \nBoth you and Fred Perry have close affinities to British pop music, is there any influence in this collaboration?<\/strong> \nI don\u2019t think so. I think the motifs are used over the years but I don\u2019t think any of them are directly linked. I think its about a level of society, a level of interest of what art was like thirty years ago, forty years ago, fifty years ago. \n \nHow many pieces are in the collection?<\/strong> \nThree shirts and the link was to make them red, white and blue so the set was kind of patriotic. Good patriotic, not bad patriotic. So that was the link and they have similar motifs. \n \nWhat\u2019s the significance of the badges?<\/strong> \nWhen I was young, people didn\u2019t wear badges- they might wear one badge saying they were in the golf club. That was a kind of aesthetic breakthrough to be wearing badges now. That\u2019s the main link to now- I have a large collection of badges, I\u2019ve always been interested in them.<\/p>\nSo how long have you been collecting badges?<\/strong> \nSince then points to his self portrait<\/em>. So \u201961\u202650 years. In the art piece, those were the only ones I had so in the beginning of the collection. So in those years, we talked about the fact that it\u2019s like talking, its giving you information so we can sit here and you can read my badges and get to know my likes through my badges. \n \nIs there any other brand or designer you\u2019d like to collaborate with?<\/strong> \nWell, I\u2019ve probably done it. I collaborated with Levi\u2019s in Japan, limited edition. I\u2019ve worked with Stella McCartney, who\u2019s my goddaughter in fact, I\u2019ve done designs for her. And just interestingly, there\u2019s a recycling company I\u2019m doing things with- we\u2019ve done a kind of a baseball boot. So in a way, I\u2019ve done everything I\u2019ve wanted to, but who I\u2019d actually like to work with now is Tom Ford, maybe? \n \nDo you think fashion and art are important to each other?<\/strong> \nI\u2019ve always been interested in fashion, being married to [painter] Chrissy [Wilson] and my daughter\u2019s 24. I\u2019ll always be aware of fashion, we go to Stella\u2019s shows in Paris, and Betsy Jackson is a friend so fashion will always be important to me. <\/p>\nInterview by Eunice Jera Lee<\/p>\n
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