Designer name: J.W. Anderson
Origin: Ireland
Career highlight: “The Internet.”
Design signatures: “Things that can be borrowed from a man to a woman and from a woman to a man.”
How would you describe your ideal client? “Free."
Trademark piece: “I think it would be the boots.”
Three autumn/winter 2012 inspirations: “Aristocracy, youth culture and individualism.”
What does 2012 hold for your brand? “Who knows! We are launching pre-fall in January and Cruise later in the year so I can see a lot of work for 2012.
It’s about continuing to grow the brand so that we can establish ourselves on an international level.”
Where do you go in London to seek artistic inspiration? “The usual places like museums and galleries. But a lot of inspiration comes from random places and random people in these random places. A waiter in a café or a girl in a shop. Translating something from the street into a more refined version for the catwalk.”
Portrait photographer: Thomas Lohr