INTERVIEWS
How to Spend It
PH: Matt Munro
Carole Bamford’s Cotswolds. The founder of Daylesford Organic and Bamford luxury womenswear and spa range...
"I get up at around 5.30am on Saturday and walk my two Labradors, Cassi and Olive, and my shih-tzu, Bellini, which I do twice a day. Back at the house, I spend half an hour with Vettri, a Pranayama yoga specialist. We do salutations, a mantra and meditation..."
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PH: Fabio Massimo Aceto
Rossano Ferretti’s Parma. The super-stylist is renowned for his revolutionary patented hair-cutting technique, The Method...
"On Saturday morning I wake up at 5am, just as I do every day. I tend to only sleep for four or five hours. I tend to only sleep for four or five hours and the early morning is a good time for me to be alone.."
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PH: Jude Edington
Jeremy Hackett’s London. The chairman and founder of the quintessentially British menswear brand...
“I get up at 6.30am every day, a habit since my childhood paper-round, and the weekend is no exception. I live in a detached Georgian villa in Stockwell, which is down a lane and behind gates reclaimed from a former mental asylum..."
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PH: Magali Delporte
Pierre Marcolini's Brussels. The chocolatier shares his insider’s guide of to what to see and where to eat...
“Every day, including Saturday, I wake at 5am, which my wife Valérie finds very annoying, so I read the newspapers on my iPad until she wakes – unless our 18-month-old baby girl stirs first..."
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PH: Sebastian Bottcher
Jo Malone’s London. 12 years after selling Jo Malone London, the kitchen-table business that burgeoned into a multimillion-pound brand...
"I get up at 6.30am on Saturday and my husband Gary drives us from our home in Chelsea to New Covent Garden Flower Market. I’m usually looking for four or five big buckets of white roses for the house and we’ll walk around with a cup of tea and a bacon sandwich..."
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PH: Matt Munro
Linda Jackson. The CEO of Citroën builds business relationships over côte de boeuf in Paris, seafood in London and Peking duck in Beijing.
“We sell 1.2m vehicles a year in 160 countries, so I travel extensively, and in each place I’ll have lunch or dinner with two or three local dealers and a couple of journalists. My role as CEO is to build and maintain relationships with dealerships..."
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PH: Jeffrey Salter
Melissa Odabash’s Jupiter and Palm Beach. The American-born, London-based bikini model-turned-swimwear designer...
“My parents have had a house in Jupiter for decades. It’s a small, pretty town with Spanish‑inspired terracotta roofs and a relaxed beachy atmosphere..."
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PH: Matt Munro
Skye Gyngell’s London. The Australian chef was catapulted into the limelight in 2011...
“After a week of late nights at the restaurant, I like to lie in until around 9.30am on Saturdays. The first thing I do is make coffee using a Bialetti, a traditional Italian stove pot..."