Interview

CB: That’s what people forget about fashion—it’s not all things for all people. It’s important to understand your own character and what suits you and what you enjoy wearing, because otherwise, people become victims to clothes or to fashion or to style. It’s probably what we all describe as “personal style”—when you have that self-confidence and know what works for you and what doesn’t work for you.

ENM: A lot of times I think people get stuck as well. They think, Oh, it’s only this that suits me.

CB: It’s interesting when you see older generations, how basically they’ve stuck with what they wore in middle age. It’s quite reflective of our culture that at some stage you stick with the style you defined. Otherwise you would see the majority of older people wearing much more modern clothes.

ENM: When you see older people wearing designer stuff, they can look absolutely amazing! And then sometimes you see an older person wearing a belly top or something . . . It could look really scary. So there are two extremes to that equation.