09
Nov
He remains happiest in Yorkshire, among “the cows and trees” of his childhood or playing with his dog, George, a brown labrador. In 2005, his “situation changed from black to white” when his partner, Geert Cloet, brand director of Miu Miu, died of a brain tumour. “That experience puts everything in perspective. It makes you love life every day. It completely changed the way I approach everything. Life’s too short to be doing things that make you unhappy.