Art CLASS

Fashion designer DURO OLOWU curates a life as vibrant as his palette, from a rare book collection to perfectly clashing patterns

Vanities /My Stuff

■ Style File

DAILY UNIFORM: Cobalt green vintage French workwear jacket, Duro Olowu Menswear rayon and silk shirt (1), and Christopher Nemeth denim black stitch trousers. TAILOR: John Pearse, Meard Street, London, VINTAGE TREASURE: My large collection of antique West African textiles— particularly the embroidered Yoruba robes of my father and grandfather. SHADES: Tom Ford (n). NECKWEAR: Turnbull & Asser navy silk twill polka-dot scarf (7). DRESS SHIRT: Custom Charvet (10). SOCKS: Green or blue Uniqlo socks (4). FOR WALKING: K.Jacques Homere handmade sandals (8).

■ Self-care

FACE WASH: Sisley Paris (2). COLOGNE: Indelebile by Frederic Malle. SUNDAY RITUAL: Sleeping in. TO UNWIND: Visiting museum and gallery art exhibitions wherever I maybe. The "Women in Revolt!" show currently at Tate Britain in London is a triumph on many levels. Also fantastic, "Alaia/Gres. Beyond Fashion" at Fondation Azzedine Alaia in Paris (12).

■ At Home

RECENT ADDITION: Coffee table by Max Schmidt, circa 1905 Vienna (6). SKETCHING: In notebooks I collect from around the world. TO ILLUSTRATE: FaberCastell graphite pencils and brush pens (3). SEATING: Pierre Guariche/A.R.P. chair from Demisch Danant. ON DISPLAY: Magdalene Odundo vessels (13).

■ For Pleasure

LO o K 1 N G AT : Portrait of Space, NearSiwa, Egypt, 1937. READING: The Most Secret Memory of Men by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr (9) and Out of Place: A Memoir by Edward Said. DOING: Shopping for rare books. Tenderbooks (5) or Kulik Selzer are my favorite bookshops in London, WATCHING: Heremakono (Waiting for Happiness), directed by Abderrahmane Sissako, and La baie des anges (Bay of Angels), directed by Jacques Demy, LISTENING TO: Rufus and Chaka Khan.

■ The Menu

COMFORT FOOD: Nigerian jollof rice with dodo. DINNER RESERVATION: Maison Francois in Londonserved by the most professional and elegantly dressed staff.