The Contour of Luxury Fall/Winter 2018 | Page 86

I’m I’m about to write a book on on my my work, and and currently I I about to write a book work, currently also also do do work with Ian Ian Schrager, I work with Elizabeth work with Schrager, I work with Elizabeth Hurley on on the the Royals, I do I do Joan Collin’s costumes, so so Hurley Royals, Joan Collin’s costumes, I’m I’m doing bits bits and and pieces with fashion, but but I also go go to to doing pieces with fashion, I also the the schools and and talk talk about fashion. But, But, what keeps me me schools about fashion. what keeps busy today is dealing with the the uniforms and and talking to to busy today is dealing with uniforms talking designers, and and helping them with their collections from designers, helping them with their collections from my my background. So So that’s what I’m I’m up to background. that’s what up today. to today. Alexis Day: Alexis Day: “I “I di all all of o covers for fo covers That wa That through th through Well, that’s quit quit a bit, and and prior to this conversation, as as Well, that’s a bit, prior to this conversation, you you noticed, I’ve I’ve done some research about you, you, but but noticed, done some research about there’s nothing like like talking to the actual source. there’s nothing talking to the actual source. Freddie Leiba: Freddie Leiba: No, No, it’s it’s very important. very important. Alexis Day: Alexis Day: It is It very important, and and it’s it’s interesting is very important, interesting that that I would write in my introduction this this interview, I would write in my introduction interview, prior to speaking with with you, you, a statement that that your journey prior to speaking a statement your journey has has a sensory factor of a of fairytale. I had no idea just just how how a sensory factor a fairytale. I had no idea much that that truly seems to be. I don’t know what it feels much truly seems to be. I don’t know what it feels like like to you, but but you’ve had had such, as you call call it luck, and and to you, you’ve such, as you it luck, for for me me you’ve had had so many experiences and and have been you’ve so many experiences have been to so places…that’s the the fairytale essence that that I am to many so many places…that’s fairytale essence I am speaking of. of. speaking Freddie Leiba: Freddie Leiba: You You know, the the other thing besides luck, my my mother know, other thing besides luck, mother worked too too hard to to get get me me to to do do something about worked hard something about myself, and and the the main thing was was to pay her her back. That myself, main thing to pay back. That was was the the main reason why why I drove myself, because that that main reason I drove myself, because woman, on on her her own own in those days when women didn’t woman, in those days when women didn’t really have jobs…you know it was a different time. really have jobs…you know it was a different time. “When “When sacrifice sacrifi did did for fo never dis never Never, ne Never,