The best gift I’ve given is Winston Churchill’s walking stick, to my ex-boyfriend, who’s a massive Churchill fan. I was like, “Make Laura wear the hemp Armani,” and she did. And Woody, just for having the balls to call me up before my first Academy Awards and say, “Court, come on, wear the hemp Armani gown.” He turned out to be right. Michael turned me on to Hedi Slimane, Dior Men. Kate wore hers out and they were knocking them off in a week. I wore mine out first and was photographed and got slammed. Many years ago, I went to Portobello Road with Kate to a vintage shop and we both bought Victorian jet-beaded capelets. For me, growing up, Paula was the coolest woman in the world. My style icons are Paula Yates, Kate Moss, Michael Stipe and Woody Harrelson. Love’s style icon Paula Yates © Shutterstock It’s never about what you think it’s about. I went from “Bitter Sweet Symphony” to “Nookie” to “Zombie” and “Common People”. The podcast I’m listening to is “60 Songs That Explain the ’90s ”, hosted by Rob Harvilla. There’s a brilliant chapter about being naked and the nude. I also give out copies of John Berger’s Ways of Seeing like the Bible. Then there’s Rebecca Solnit’s Recollections of My Non-Existence and Wanderlust. The chapter on sex work – the tenderness she shows towards men and women alike is striking. I try to bring the same restraint to my lyrics. And then, mind-blowing, Virginie Despentes’ King Kong Theory. But I am writing my autobiography and got the urge to read her books at last. The best books I’ve read in the past year are, firstly, Desperate Characters by my grandmother Paula Fox. Some of her recent reads © Laurence Ellis In the morning I didn’t want to do the walk of shame in my slutty dress, so I grabbed his T-shirt. I was at someone’s house having an adventure. Īnd the best souvenir I’ve brought home is a Stanford T-shirt that I nicked recently from some dude. For touring next year, I have decided on an anti-suit suit by bespoke tailor Chris Kerr, who did suits for the Kingsman movies. I don’t buy things unless they are investments and I can rewear them. ![]() But in general I’m done with shopping, I have enough. The last thing I bought and loved was a Stefano Pilati YSL jumpsuit from my stylist Panos Yiapanis, who doesn’t often sell his archives. Fuck an Academy Award, I’ve never been as ecstatic as when my team won two pub quizzes. It’s where I found my new hobby – pub quizzes. ![]() It’s got a nice clientele and great books and events. The place that means a lot to me is Reference Point, off the Strand in London. Any time I see an Edwardian tunic dress, I buy it.
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