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And Before Metrosexual Was Fashionable
Smith, one of the few fashion designers to be knighted by the queen of England, took the starch out of modern menswear in the 1980s by fancifully subverting the conventions of Savile Row. His rainbow-striped Oxford shirts and pink pinstripe jackets with contrasting buttonholes are still much imitated by Ted Baker, Richard James and even Tommy Hilfiger. But back then, before the term "metrosexual" existed, Smith's styles were a revolution, albeit one that grew out of a grand tradition of British dandyism.
"I was responsible in the early part of 1980s for nudging the British male to wear a pink shirt," explains Smith, who is in L.A. for the opening. "Over the years, guys have realized it's OK to be more self-indulgent with how they look." Take moisturizer, for example. "When people ask me about moisturizer, I say, 'I travel on planes, my skin gets dry, so I wear moisturizer. It's not a big deal.' ".
Smith, 59, is a ball of enthusiasm, the kind of character who puts you at ease, a nice guy in an industry not known for nice guys. From the look of it, he's as excited about this store as any he's opened. "I love how the color reflects off the cars passing by," he says, watching a bus roll by bathed in a rosy glow. He designed the pink behemoth from the ground up, inspired by the work of Mexican architect Luis Barragán.
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