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| Jamie, 1st year Maths & Econ |
Citing the painter David Hockney as a major source of inspiration, it is no wonder that Jamie, who incidentally sports round framed glasses like the artist, seeks out quirky patterns and colours (notice the collar of his blouse!). Himself a former art student, Jamie admires Hockney's fantastical landscapes, and portraits and sketches of men often in playfully classic attires; similarly, he mentions the online magazine Fantastic Man as one of his favourites. Most of all though, Jamie is one to be “seduced by comfort” when he goes out to expand his wardrobe; his most cherished items are therefore a heavy knitted winter coat by Japanese streetwear clothing brand Undercover (which, he explains, has a heat retaining system ensuring one is never too hot or too cold when wearing the coat) as well as the Lanvin cashmere jumper he is wearing today. Under his motto of “Ultimate Comfort” he always finds himself “swayed by whatever knitwear is on show. For me, there is really no planning in buying.” With such a taste for soft materials and functional yet stylish clothes, of course London landmarks like Bstore and Dover Street Market are on top of his list. The thing Jamie finds most remarkable about fashion of a certain city or area is that when taken out of context, people's perception of it changes: “For example, in Paris everyone sees trench coats as the height of fashion, whereas in London nearly everyone owns one and it is really nothing special.” At LSE, he says to be most fascinated by a certain mysterious “tribe of strangely serious suited people”, whom he takes to be post-grads who take their work seriously and have their clothing reflect that. So what image is he trying to transcend? “That I have ultimate comfort as a life's objective!”
