1. Who is
Simon Preen? How did you come in fashion?
I didn’t
always want to be a designer; I always had the desire to be in full control of
my own image so that’s where the interest in making clothes came from. I
decided to start studying fashion at a time when I was at a loss as to as to
what direction I wanted to go in life and it just stuck with me; but even
throughout all my years as a student I questioned if it was the right thing and
weather I would ever be able to actually do anything with it. It wasn’t till I
left the safety net of fashion school that I started to see any clear direction
and develop the confidence in myself that was needed to actually make anything
happen.
2. What’s
your goal as a designer?
My goal as
a designer is to make people look and feel hot and provocative – I design to
fit the image of what I, myself would like to project as an individual as well
as a designer, its almost like a personal project which gets to reach out and
touch other people in the process – for me image is all about sex, I don’t
expect (and wouldn’t want) for everyone to feel the same way but I hope to
please the ones that do as they are my desired audience.
3. Do you
think is going to change about you/ for you when you become internationally
recognized& influential designer?
Hopefully
just that I have the ability to reach more people and do things on a larger
scale, but that my vision will always remain the same while still evolving
4. What
does cooperation with Asos give to you?
It’s a
great platform for people to start their own businesses, although it isn’t where
I started originally – owning a boutique on the site one has to be really self
motivated as you deal with every part of the process so it creates a good
foundation from which to build and develop.
5. They say
that men are the best ones in cooking and undressing women. Paraphrasing this,
what do you think of men in fashion? Is it true that it’s straight men’s
prerogative to undress people and gays’ to dress both men and women?
I think
that is a completely outdated notion. The gay/straight ratio within the fashion
industry is obviously much more balanced that the rest of the world outside of
it but nothing is that black and white anymore – sexual preference is not
important as long as we are trying to achieve the same outcome, I’m about
blurring boundaries in sex and fashion and becoming one thing, its my
prerogative to dress and undress and everything in between. I wouldn’t like to
think that we need to feel that generalized anymore.
6. What
does “unique” mean to you? Is it enough just to exist to be unique for you or
is there any special thing that makes things/persons unique?
We are all
essentially unique, it just depends on weather you wan to embrace it or not –
most people don’t in the grand scheme of things, and that’s fine. As a designer
I think that all designers should have their own individual method and process
and that’s where ones uniqueness shines through. Personally I cant look at what
is going on in the rest of the fashion world too much because I find that it
interferes with my own ideas and tries to suggest influence too much and that
just makes what’s already in my head scramble and ultimately sets me further
back in the process. I’m very perceptive to what’s going on around me in the
real world rather than in fashion magazines as an aid to my inspiration.
7. Without
what you can’t leave home?
Lip balm –
I got dry lips once when I was 9 years old so my mum gave me a chap stick and
since that day I physically have not been able to go much more than an hour
without using some kind of lubrication on my lips. If I leave the house and
realize I don’t have one I totally freak out and have to find the nearest
available place to get a new one – my current preference is Lanolips.
8. Your top 3 style tips for this season.
For this season, as for any season – dress and feel like a hot slut.
8. Your top 3 style tips for this season.
For this season, as for any season – dress and feel like a hot slut.
Thank you, Simon!Wish you more and more, and more inspiration in the future!
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xoxo, Anna
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