Belle style director-at-large Steve Cordony has an eye for design values and serious dash.
ARTIST WHO HAS BEEN AN ENDURING INFLUENCE? Lucio Fontana [8]. The first time I saw his work in the Tom Ford store in New York I was obsessed with its grand simplicity.
CONTEMPORARY ART THAT YOU MOST ADMIRE? Anish Kapoor, Yayoi Kusama and Michael Zavros.
DO YOU COLLECT ANYTHING? Scented candles: Cire Trudon [4], Jo Malone, Lumira, Byredo, Diptyque, Astier de Villatte, Mad et Len, DayNa Decker.
FASHION MUST-HAVES? A pair of Saint Laurent ‘SL01’s, (I go through two pairs a year), a tailored Patrick Johnson [16] suit and a James Perse T-shirt. Oh, and a Louis Vuitton Keepall ‘55’ [6].
FAVOURITE WATCH? Vintage Rolex Double Red ‘Sea-Dweller’ [2].
FRAGRANCE OF CHOICE? Tom Ford Private Blend ‘Oud Wood’ [15].
This story is from the April 2017 edition of Belle Magazine Australia.
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