Willis at his Mayfair office, September 2012
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THE LIST
ALASDHAIR WILLIS THE BRAND CONSULTANT ON HIS ESSENTIAL ITEMS As the founding publisher of Wallpaper* magazine and former CEO of furniture and design company Established & Sons, Alasdhair Willis has spent his working life immersed in style. A branding whizz with a designer’s eye, these days Willis spends his time running boutique communications agency The Anonymous Partner, where he produces brand strategies for high profile clients including Dunhill, Christie’s and David Beckham. What’s more, the very dapper Mr McCartney (did we forget to mention that he’s also married to Stella?) makes wearing a three-piece suit look like an art form. Here’s the everyday (and extraordinary) stuff that he loves.
grooming TOOTHPASTE Tom’s of Maine
SUITCASE Vintage Gucci
DISH Egg and chips
DESTINATION Isle of Skye
BEER A pint of Guinness
SNACK Planters Salted Peanuts
HOTEL Hotel Fasano, São Paulo
SHOP Santa Maria Novella, Florence
SPIRIT Springbank 18-year-old single malt
LOCAL The Cow, Westbourne Park Road, Notting Hill
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WINE Château Ausone (if possible, 1998)
DRINK
HO M E SOFA The “Quilt” sofa by Bouroullec Brothers for Established & Sons (below) CHAIR Chair_One by Konstantin Grcic
RESTAURANT The Wolseley, particularly for breakfast
BED LINEN Pratesi LAMP Snoopy by Achille Castiglioni DESK Standard Desk by Jean Prouvé
T E C H N O L O G Y
COMB Kent Sawcut 9T MOISTURISER Care 5 Benefits Moisturising Fluid by Stella McCartney SOAP The bars of soap Hermès provides for the rooms at Le Bristol, Paris
TABLET iPad
CAMERA Nikon 1
CAR My E Type Jaguar, once owned by David Bailey
PHONE iPhone and BlackBerry
SUNGLASSES Ray-Ban Wayfarers TIE Knitted by New & Lingwood
T O O L S WATCH Rolex Explorer II
KNIFE Global G-5
BIKE Parlee Z1
PENCIL Tombow Mono 100 HB
TOOL DeWalt Combi Drill
PEN Alfred Dunhill Sentryman
LAPTOP MacBook Pro
SUIT Henry Rose SOCKS Knee-length cotton coloured by New & Lingwood
P E O P L E HAT Grey herringbone cashmere flat cap by Lock & Co JEANS APC New Standard
SHOES Crockett & Jones Seymours (above) SNEAKERS Adidas adiZero Primeknit
FICTIONAL STYLE ICON Thomas Crown (the original) FASHION-WORLD ICON Stella McCartney, of course REAL-WORLD ICON Morrissey
DAVID MCKENDRICK
FACE WASH London tap water
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HOMETOWN Middlesbrough
FOOD
SWEETS Cola Cubes
COLOGNE Pure ambergris
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