Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic My personal style signifier is a patterned tailored jacket. I’ve got some in tweed, one with beaded embroidery and another with snakes on the back – with matching Gucci slippers. I have quite a lot from Alexander McQueen’s early collections, and others with unusual prints. I normally wear them with bold, memorable shoes, which I tone down with jeans and a T-shirt. The last thing I bought and loved was a playful little dog called Zoltan. He’s a Brussels Griffon, which is a small breed. He’s in his teenage years so we’re working through that.The best souvenir I’ve brought home is a beautiful crystal from Bali that I got about 20 years ago when I was there visiting friends. It weighs about 30kg – I can’t remember how I managed to get it on the plane. It probably took a bit of sweet-talking and bribing the people at the check-in desk. The best book I’ve read in the past year is The Second Mountain by David Brooks. It sounds like an uphill climb, but it’s actually about shifting your focus, giving back and connecting with people. I’ve found it to be a helpful guide. Whenever I travel I search for the best falafel in townI am inspired by David Hicks, the British interior decorator and designer who contrasted traditional architecture with modern interiors and used dazzling colour combinations and unexpected finishes. He was associated with grand country houses, but inside he would have these amazing geometric carpets and bright or unusual colours – he was famous for his gloss-brown Coca-Cola walls. Or he might clad a dining room of period furniture in stainless steel.My style icon is Bárbara Hulanicki, the Polish fashion designer who founded London department store Biba. She always wears a bob, black sunglasses and simple monochrome clothes – I wouldn’t copy her style but her ideas were very inspiring. She opened Biba on Kensington High Street in 1973, and it had fashion, beauty, a fabulous restaurant and an incredible roof terrace with fountains, flamingos and bars. It didn’t survive the economic turmoil of the 1970s but Hulanicki was a visionary and went on to do great things in interiors. The best gift I’ve given recently is a loaf of Harrods sourdough bread. It’s delicious, and if you order it 48 hours ahead they can put someone’s initials on it. So if you’re going to a dinner party, a bespoke Harrods loaf is a lovely gift. In my fridge you’ll always find seasonal vegetables, bone broth, white wine, dark chocolate and fresh herbs. I eat out a lot because of all the travelling I do for work, so when I’m at home cooking is normally simple and very healthy. The song guaranteed to get me on the dancefloor is “Murder on the Dancefloor” by Sophie Ellis-Bextor – it reminds me of house parties in the early 2000s. I had quite a few friends in fashion – Erdem Moralıoğlu and Lee McQueen ended up at one party I threw in my west London flat. Lee was dancing around the living room; it was a lot of fun. The last item of clothing I added to my wardrobe was a pair of second-hand Gucci trousers – I buy a lot of vintage. I can’t remember what year these are from but they’re covered in a Tom Ford floral print, which I think is chrysanthemums in blue, white and orange. My guiltiest pleasure is a falafel pitta from Falafel King on Golborne Road in west London. When I travel I search for the best falafel in town. I like wholemeal pitta loaded with every salad, chillies and all the spicy dressings. An object I would never part with is a valet stand I found at a Paris flea market about 20 years ago. It’s very practical and beautiful and I use it every day for hanging my jackets and throwing my keys and phone on. Jacques Adnet designed it for Hermès in the late 1940s and it is made of metal wrapped in handstitched leather.The grooming staple I’m never without is a lightweight SPF by Heliocare. I’m getting better at using SPF all year round, but it’s a bit like when the hygienist asks if you floss every day. The other thing I always need are Muji’s lens cleaners. They come in a pack of tiny, folded-up squares of paper that keep your glasses spotless. Heliocare 360° oil-free gel SPF50, £31 for 50ml. Muji glasses cleaning wipes, €2.95My favourite room in my house is the dining room because it’s a place to be sociable with friends. The room itself feels quite relaxed, with Jean Royere Trèfle dining chairs from the 1930s – a gift from David Collins – and a modernist, almost Asian-style table called Kyoto by Philippe Hurel. I like throwing dinner parties – it’s fun dressing up, although it’s quite casual when my partner and I cook and entertain. A place that means a lot to me is the Outer Hebrides. Although I grew up in Glasgow, I spent five years of my childhood living on the Isle of Lewis where my mother was born. I was there in the 1970s and it was a very small community; they had sheep, grew vegetables, caught fish and wove Harris Tweed by hand like my grandfather. Looking back, I realise we had all the things people strive for now – living off the land – and it was amazing. My interior design signifier is laidback glamour. I love intricate, ornate fabrics and a lot of detail in things like rugs and cushions. In other ways my home is quite pared-back – I have shutters or blinds instead of heavy curtains, for example. I like a lot of textures and layers so it never feels austere.The best gift I’ve received is a photobook my partner gave me of our trip to India in 2007. We went to the Himalayas and hiked up to Kunjapuri Temple, a magical place with views across the snow-capped mountains – that was one of my favourite photographs. We take so many pictures, but they’re all digital, so to take the time to print them out is really special. I’ve recently rediscovered rail travel. I’ve just been on a sabbatical and spent a month of it travelling around Europe by train – it harks back to the interrailing days of my youth. For me the joy of taking trains is gliding straight into the city centre; there’s no traffic or waiting for your baggage, and the landscapes along the way are lovely. The thing I couldn’t do without is reflexology, a type of foot massage that I get at Reflexions every two weeks if I’m in London. Some people don’t like the sound of it because they’re ticklish, but I find it very relaxing. Each part of your foot relates to another part of your body – the arch of your foot is linked to your digestive system, and your big toe to your brain. So when you’re getting the massage done, they can actually tell which parts of your body are stressed and it helps to rebalance you. I find it very powerful and it keeps me in good shape. My favourite building is the Mackintosh Building that houses the Glasgow School of Art, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, the most celebrated architect from the art nouveau period. His work is incredible and he designed everything including the interiors, the furniture and light fittings – even the door handles. You used to be able to take a tour around it but there was quite a bad fire in 2014, after which it was being restored when another fire broke out four years later – I’m hoping it will open again soon.The works of art that changed everything for me are by Francis Bacon. I saw his exhibition at the Royal Academy a few years ago: his triptychs are so beautiful – and slightly terrifying. I was always drawn to the raw, disturbing images in his work, and am inspired by his use of intense colours and perspective. Bacon was an interior designer in his earlier life and perhaps I could relate to that, subconsciously. I do believe in life after death. I think we are an infinite source of energy. My favourite website is The Modern House, an estate agency with architecturally led properties. It’s really well curated and there’s a great editorial part of the website so it isn’t just about shifting properties. They have a sister website called Inigo that also has interesting articles, including interviews with people in their homes. I find them both inspiring to look at.The one artist whose work I would collect if I could is Gerhard Richter. Some of his works are abstract but others are photorealism – they’ve got an ethereal quality to them and the scale is quite astonishing. I used to have one of his paintings as my screensaver: that was as close as I got to having one in my home. There are 100 of his paintings in an exhibition at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, which I’d like to see.My grooming and wellbeing gurus are my hairdresser, Matt Mulhall, who is the go-to for precise and refined haircuts for men in creative industries. He does a lot of work for magazines and fashion shows. He’s been cutting my hair for more than 20 years and always seems to get the mood right – whether it’s shorter for summer or longer for winter. I’ve also got a brilliant osteopath friend called Sam Kankanamge who runs retreats in Sri Lanka: I’m excited to be going on another in August. My other wellbeing guru is my partner, who is a kundalini yoga teacher – we’ve been doing yoga together for 18 years.When I need to feel inspired, I stop off at the V&A and get lost there. I’ve been many times and it’s always a go-to. I usually check in on Vivienne Westwood’s Pirates exhibit as it reminds me of how inspiring she was with her knowledge about history and culture. The V&A also puts on really interesting lectures – you can arrive at night and wander through an empty museum, which heightens the atmosphere. The best bit of advice I ever received was “life is not a rehearsal”. The saying has been repurposed a few times but it’s good to remember – just get on with it.
