Designers and their Love Lives #2

[arlekindearrabal]

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[Bernadette]

"... And being single. Which is like the most important thing. To really be free to do whatever you want, it was amazing!” Tisci feels that the cinematically powerful story of his parents’ romantic coup de foudre “is why it’s so difficult for me to find love,” and bemoans the fact that he lives in “the city of love . . . you really need a boyfriend or a girlfriend to really enjoy it.” (Riccardo Tisci - Vogue, February 2012)

His fall collection was largely autobiographical, born of twin acts of misfortune. One was a love affair that ended last year, leaving Tisci in a wistful mood suggested by the poetry of Hegarty’s lyrics. “In a way, it was a celebration of love, of honesty, of purity,” Tisci says of the show. (WWD, April 2013)

 

[Bernadette]

Did Frank Ocean Spend The Night With Givenchy's Riccardo Tisci After The Met Gala??? http://perezhilton.com/cocoperez/20...cean-met-gala-new-couple#sthash.f2SLzZHW.dpbs

Source: perezhilton.com

Anyway, I get the impression that Riccardo Tisci feels attracted to women as well... Maybe he is bisexual.

"I met the most extraordinary creature. She was full of energy; she was beautiful; she was super sexy. When I left, I couldn't get her out of my head. I’d been obsessed with her at Central Saint Martins." (Riccardo Tisci - dazeddigital.com)

 

[Bernadette]

It is well known that Nicolas Ghesquière was romantically involved with James Kaliardos, the make-up artist, some years back.



Nicolas Ghesquière and James Kaliardos by Annie Leibovitz (2003). Photo Credit: karmuelyoung.xanga.com

Question — What would you consider great social progress or important political policy?
Nicolas Ghesquière — I’d say gay marriage and adoption for gay and lesbian couples. These are reforms I hope for. I don’t understand why I live in a country as a third-class citizen. I don’t understand why I have this public life, this fame, this creative and social role, and yet I only half exist because of my sexuality. Gays are considered people who should have limited social freedoms, and I want this to stop. I think gay people should be able to make or adopt children. This would be a sign that a country has evolved.

Source: purple.fr

 

[Gaultier_Bandit]

Does anyone have any information on Alex Wang (past and/or present)?

 

[arlekindearrabal]

I think he has been involved with interior designer Ryan Korban for some time now...

 

[Bernadette]

Ryan Korban? Interesting! Thanks for the photo, arlekin.

Back in 2010 I read in a Spanish fashion magazine, Telva, that Alexander Wang and Joseph Altuzarra were "more than friends."


harpersbazaar.com

 

[Bernadette]

Anna Dello Russo mentions to Altuzarra in the September 2010 issue of Interview: "When I met you, I also met Alexander [Wang]. You're always together, which is lovely because your job is very competitive." And Altuzarra replies: "I'm actually with Alex now in the Hamptons."

V Magazine (June 2010). Alex and Joseph discuss their friendship: http://www.vmagazine.com/site/content/644/city-of-dreams#!/8

On how they met, and what makes their friendship so different:

AW We actually met through mutual friends about a year and a half ago-- the Trainas. Vanessa and Victoria and I went to high school together. You met Vanessa in Paris, and we all met up at a birthday party. When it comes to close friends, it's really hard for me to meet people that I feel I can connect to these days -- in terms of what I do as a job, and also who I am as a person, because there is a seperation there. And I think a lot of people don't understand that. With you, it's nice to have a friend of my generation who understands my references, understands the things that a 25-year-old would like, and at the same time has to go to work every day and has to run a company.

JA A lot of times I'll call you. I mean we don't actually talk about work all that often, but when we do, it will be more like...

AW It's been great, for me, because I've had certain people who were like, if you have any questions you can come ask me. And it's so great, of course, to have that kind of support, but at the same time to be able to go over to your friend's house and not have to set up a formal meeting... it's such a special bond that we have.

JA So much of the time we have to be a little bit older than our age. To be able to have fun together and go out and understand each other and what we are doing professionally --to me that's really important.

AW I also really respect and admire your work, which is a big part of it. There are a lot of people I love in fashion, but with you, I trust you. I trust your opinion.

JA Likewise. I mean, we always ask each other questions. It's just what every designer goes through. You have doubts about what you're doing, or maybe a direction you're going in. Sometimes it's not specific, sometimes you just need to talk it through.

AW We talk about people-- like, Oh would you dress her? No, I wouldn't dress her.

AW I think we have a similar sensibility of who our customer is, you know? A lot of our friends or the people who we think are cool or have amazing style are a lot of the same girls. But they go to you for certain things, then come to me for certain things, and it's nice that we have that difference. We'll be vintage shopping togther, and I'll be like, Oh look at this, and you'll be like, Oh this is way more you. It's interesting that we can find ourselves through each other.

JA It's so rare.

 

[Bernadette]

Olivier Theyskens - Numéro #142 April 2013:

"I even had a handful of girlfriends at the time. I don't think I'm the only gay guy to have slept with girls. It was like that until I was 17, when I knew I wanted get things sorted, enrol in fashion school and only go out with boys."


glossynewsstand.com

 

[Bernadette]

The previous summer the two (Riccardo Tisci and Marina Abramović) had gone to Santorini together on holiday, but since each had just broken up with someone, they had spent most of their time “crying and crying—we were like an island,” said Tisci.

"I had this memory of sitting facing Marina in Greece at a time when we were both full of darkness after bad loves, tears pouring down our faces." (Riccardo Tisci)

 

[Bernadette]

I came across this picture:

Alexander Wang locking lips with a mystery fellow (Oct 2009). Image Credit: guestofaguest.com

 

[Bernadette]

When asked if he has ever been in love, he launched into a story of heartbreak, careful to avoid the use of pronouns. “I don’t want to specify sexuality,” Tisci said. “The big love of my life happened two or three years ago. For the first time I opened myself 100 percent, and I got, literally, a knife in my heart. This person had me in their power, and for a while it destroyed me.” (Riccardo Tisci - W Magazine, Sep 2010)

 

[TREVOFASHIONISTO]

Well, it's nice that Harry is semi-literate I guess ...

arent all p*rnstars?

 

[ad041715]

fashion-industry-confessions.tumblr.com via fashionisima.es

lol I don't believe this at all. Mainly because that collection was brilliant.

 

[Bernadette]

Riccardo Tisci: "You can read from my collections if I am happy or going through a tough moment in life, because my style completely changes. In one collection, I was really upset and angry with love and with someone I was loving. This season (autumn-winter 2013) you can see that it is light and romantic, because I am really in love." He won't say with whom. (South China Morning Post)

 

[Bernadette]

Vogue Hommes International S/S 2011
Scanned by Chanelcouture09 @ The Fashion Spot

Vogue Hommes International: Which man has seduced you the most?
Riccardo Tisci: I don't think I've met him yet. I've been attracted to a lot of men in my life but never truly seduced. I'm still young though...

Vogue Hommes International: Do you have a particular type of man?
Riccardo Tisci: The kind that works out. About two years ago, I went through a break-up that transformed my view of love and sexuality. Until then, I had wanted elegance above all. I pretty much didn't care about looks. Now sex appeal matters. I like handsome, muscular boys who radiate strenght. This explains my obsession with Latin America. I can't resist the way those guys are so comfortable with their bodies. I find this kind of confidence in yourself and your body hugely attractive.

Vogue Hommes International: Could you be attracted by a woman?
Riccardo Tisci: Obviously. Man or woman, at the end of the day who cares? I'm open to love. I had an emotionally though childhood, so I'm eager to soak up all the different feelings others can bring me. There's nothing male or female about that. I wouldn't really describe myself as bisexual, just an advocate of free love. I couldn't care less about gender, colour, age or background. I just follow my heart.

Vogue Hommes International: Two seasons ago, you cast Lea T, a stunning non-operated transgender model, in your Givenchy campaigns. Are you attracted to transsexuals?
Riccardo Tisci: I'm not sexually attracted but I am touched by their soul and how fragile they appear.

Vogue Hommes International: How do you seduce someone?
Riccardo Tisci: I don't have a particular method. It's almost impossible to read my emotions, even for the people who've known me for twenty years. Having said that, I'm desperately shy and even through my work, interviews, that kind of thing, I have gone a long way to overcoming this, the minute I fall for someone, my shyness resurfaces. Which could be that wins hearts in the end. They do say shy people make the best lovers?

Vogue Hommes International: What's the craziest thing you've ever done for love?
Riccardo Tisci: I spent an entire night in the freezing cold, outside the house of a boy who'd broken up with me. I must have been 17. I'd done a really stupid thing, he'd dumped me, and I was feeling miserable and guilty. It's an experience that made one of the biggest impressions on me, but with hindsight I don't think it was love. At that age, everything has the colour of love. Which doesn't prevent it from being engraved in my memory.

Vogue Hommes International: Any taboos?
Riccardo Tisci: None. It's funny, because as soon as you're in the public eye, all kind of stories about yourself start doing the rounds. People fantasise like crazy. How many times have I heard I was part of some booty call involving toys or bondage or transsexuals or whatever. I'm actually much tamer than that. At most I enjoy simple, organic games. I love making love. That collision of romance and animal. It sends me into a trance.

Vogue Hommes International: Sex without feelings?
Riccardo Tisci: A lot when I was young. Now I need feelings, emotion, even for a one-night stand.

Vogue Hommes International: Describe your best sexual experience.
Riccardo Tisci: I've had quite a few, but the one that immediately springs to mind was with someone well-known. I'd never have imagined something could happen between me and this guy. It's still the hottest weekend I've ever had. Nobody knows for sure if he's straight or gay; it's a complete mystery. Still, I was drawn to him, his way of talking and thinking, the way he smokes, walks, dresses. I admire his work as an artist. That weekend together, the intimacy between us, has only made him even more attractive to me.

Vogue Hommes International: The best place to make love?
Riccardo Tisci: I've had my best experiences on a sandy beach, in a lift at night, and in slightly risky places where you know you might get caught: the suspense is a huge turn-on. I once made love in the bathroom on a boat, where I'd been invited to a party. That was quite a thrill.

Vogue Hommes International: The most erotic smell?
Riccardo Tisci: For a woman, just under the fold of her breast. For a man, the small of the back, where the buttocks begin.

Vogue Hommes International: Who would you say is the epitome of seduction?
Riccardo Tisci: Keanu Reeves, River Phoenix and Tiger Tyson. He's a p*rn star I once met in a club in New York. Very sexy...

Vogue Hommes International: Who would you love to invite to dinner?
Riccardo Tisci: River Phoenix and Elvis Presley. We could have a threesome.

Vogue Hommes International: Do you think of yourself as a seducer?
Riccardo Tisci: Not really. Even though I like how I look, I'd be curious to understand what others see in me. What they like about me. When I realise a man or a woman is attracted to me, I always wonder what they've fallen for. So to answer the question, no, I don't see myself as a seducer. Which in the end is maybe what seduces people.

 

[Koibito]

Vogue Hommes International: What's the craziest thing you've ever done for love?
Riccardo Tisci: I spent an entire night in the freezing cold, outside the house of a boy who'd broken up with me. I must have been 17. I'd done a really stupid thing, he'd dumped me, and I was feeling miserable and guilty. It's an experience that made one of the biggest impressions on me, but with hindsight I don't think it was love. At that age, everything has the colour of love. Which doesn't prevent it from being engraved in my memory.

Now i understand why we had the 17 t-shirt. Thanks for sharing

 

[Bernadette]

Now i understand why we had the 17 t-shirt. Thanks for sharing

Thank you for commenting, Koibito. That's so kind of you! 17 happens to be Riccardo Tisci's lucky number.

I like the fact that he loves women too:

Vogue Hommes International: Could you be attracted by a woman?
Riccardo Tisci: Obviously. Man or woman, at the end of the day who cares? I'm open to love. I had an emotionally though childhood, so I'm eager to soak up all the different feelings others can bring me. There's nothing male or female about that. I wouldn't really describe myself as bisexual, just an advocate of free love. I couldn't care less about gender, colour, age or background. I just follow my heart.

Vogue Hommes International: Which woman has seduced you the most?
Riccardo Tisci: Several. All women of temperament who filled me with energy. To answer the question, I'd say my mother first. Then Mariacarla. An instant physical attraction that grew into a kind of fraternity. And Carine for a more agressive kind of seduction. She gives off this ultra-feminity and at the same time an almost virile force, which I find fascinating. I have to say that while attraction does come into seduction, in my mind they are two different things. I can find someone attractive but not neccessarily feel seduced by them. Seduction is about intelligence and wit. Someone who makes me laugh has every chance of seducing me.

Vogue Hommes International: Who did you first fantasise over?
Riccardo Tisci: Rudolph Valentino, Madonna in her Sex and "Erotica" days. She stood for everything I like: transgression, beauty, sex, religion, masculine and feminine combined. She had this muscular, sculpted body, and gave off this amazing force. Then there was Tony Ward...

 

[Bernadette]

Alber Elbaz & Alex Koo. Source: thefrontrowview.com

 

[Bernadette]

Jason Wu & Gustavo Rangel. Source: thefrontrowview.com