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By DEREK BLASBERG

Residence: London

Favorite fashion designers: Valentino, Isabel Marant, Chanel, Céline, Chloé, Calvin Klein Collection, Zadig & Voltaire, Maje, Sandro, Burberry, Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci, Agnès B., Acne, J Brand, Charlotte Olympia, A.L.C., A.P.C., Alberta Ferretti, and People Tree.

Item of clothing you would never throw out: My old school satchel. It looks better the older it gets.

How would you define your personal style?: Jean Cocteau said, “Style is a very simple way of saying complicated things.”

What’s your own fashion trademark?: If I get it right, a kind of drama whilst looking understated. If I get it right!

Favorite accessory: Can I say lipstick? I don’t like to accessorize too much because I want people to see me first and my clothes second.

Favorite color: White or cream.

Favorite scent: Lancôme’s Trésor Midnight Rose. (I helped create it!)

Let’s talk about your beauty routine. What’s your face wash?: Luzern Laboratories

Makeup?: Stila cream blush, Lancôme’s Teint Miracle, and Tarte LipSurgence pencils. Lancôme’s Hypnôse mascara is killer!

Where do you get your hair done?: I get my hair cut by Rodney Cutler at Cutler in New York City.

Favorite architect: Antoni Gaudí

Favorite destination: Kenya

Favorite discovery: The blueberry-ricotta pancakes at Little Dom’s in L.A.

Favorite hotel: The Berkeley in London. It’s full of memories, and it’s so homey. I stayed there when I did the Harry Potter junkets. The spa is great, and they have the best spaghetti bolognese.

Favorite luggage: I prefer trunks because you can open them and see everything, and they act as a kind of drawer when I don’t have enough time to unpack. They also make me feel like I am going on an adventure.

Most memorable party: My first ever Paris Fashion Week (which is where I met you, Derek!).

When you can’t think of something to give a friend, what do you give?: You can’t beat a great-smelling candle.

Every lady has a vice. What’s yours?: Sugar. In any of its various forms.

Necessary extravagance: I have the heating on when I really shouldn’t. (I’m always cold!)

Favorite movies: Giant, Amélie and Notting Hill, and each for completely different reasons.

Favorite artist: Tracey Emin

Favorite cocktail: Gin and tonic

Handwritten thank-you note or immediate e-mail?: Handwritten note.

If you have personalized stationery, where do you get it from?: If I have the time, I like to

make people cards. But otherwise Bubble Letters NYC and Letters Lubell. You send them a picture of something that inspires you and they custom make stationery on 100-percent-recycled paper.

The true hallmark of modern elegance is: When I figure this out, I’ll let you know!