So how about you guys get your thinking hats on.
So here’s the scenario…
Say you’re interviewing a world renowned fashion designer.
They’re pretty bored of the generic interview questions.
Your job is to think of interesting questions you can ask them about themselves, fashion and the arts.
What kind of questions can you guys come up with?
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Why you are gay??
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thats the question i would ask the designer..:D
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Why are you so strange looking? (for DV)
If I tell you when my birthday is, will you give me a free pair of shoes every year? (for CL)
Will you marry me? (for SAS - I know he's not a 'fashion' designer, but he is rich so he sort of counts)
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@NomiCA These days, its hard to tell the difference. So it wouldn’t be fair!
@Milly Now how did I know there would be a mention of CL? 
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Bit weird but I'd ask them how they think ppl will be dressing in 100 years time.. eg shorter hemlines, simpler styles, totally unisex clothing?
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Bit weird but I'd ask them how they think ppl will be dressing in 100 years time.. eg shorter hemlines, simpler styles, totally unisex clothing?
That's actually interesting. I was thinking in 5-10 but then I thought it was so generic. Yours is good, keep 'em coming.
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My questions were good too! And they were interesting 
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Oh they were interesting/different, agreed.
I somehow doubt I’ll be able to pull them off being a guy 
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Their opinions on fair trade? But that could be potentially embarassing depending on who it is..
Their ideas on new types of fabrics and what 'qualities' ppl will be looking for in the future when buying clothes, apart from the obvious things like price, comfort etc.. eg we could get to a point where clothes will become disposable or perhaps ppl will be more into styles that can be worn in lots of different ways or will never crease or crumple..
Will the lines between work and casual become more blurred?
As the world is becoming smaller will there be more of a universal style of dress, leading to traditional/cultural styles becoming less and less common or perhaps even dying out?
Which trend(s) from the past would they like to see come back (if any) and which do they wish had never happened?
Their opinion on the huge replica/fakes industry.. will things become better or worse and is imitation really the sincerest form of flattery?
Brand names - will brand snobbery continue (obviously worded in a more polite way lol), will celebrity endorsements etc. continue to be popular and and will the pull of the celebrity continue to draw in more customers or will the average person tire of it? In terms of advertising will celebrities continue to be used to model top brands (unlike in the past when it was nearly always only models)?
If they had the chance to dress anyone who would it be.. who do they think is the most or least stylish person around?
Do they think there should be a minimum age/weight for catwalk models and why?
If they have kids would they like/prefer them to follow in their footsteps into the industry?
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I had the fair trade one already. I think it should be interesting either way.
That cultural style vs common universal styling is a good one too!
Danke!
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Which designer(s) are you going to be interviewing then?
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Which designer(s) are you going to be interviewing then?
I've got the chance to have a sitting with Sir Paul Smith tomorrow.
Its not really a formal interview but just a chance to talk to him for a bit.
The brief I received said 'Sir Paul is tired of generic interviews'.
I'm just going to have a conversation and throw in some of the questions suggested here/elsewhere and what I had thought of.
Fingers crossed
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Ask him stuff like whther he would consider designing for poor people in third world countries...or what scary moments he has had in life which has affected his designing careerr, or umm...something random like whether he likes cats or dogs.
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Hey, how did it go?
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Hey, how did it go?
It was AWESOME!
That dude is seriously one of the coolest seniors around.
Friendly, composed, funny and really down to earth. He was charming people left and right, fellas included.
He had flown in via Japan and we had a sit down at the Armani, Burj Khalifa.
Later on, we visited his boutique in MoE.
It was only about three odd hours but seriously, worth taking time off work.
I'll probably end up transcribing a bit of the talk, lets see!
All in all, major props to a legendary figure.
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I wish you had told me you were meeting Paul Smith in your inital post. I would have changed me question to "Please can my bestest Milly have one of your messenger bags?"
How come you got to interview him then?
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Bit weird but I'd ask them how they think ppl will be dressing in 100 years time.. eg shorter hemlines, simpler styles, totally unisex clothing?
It is not so difficult the way people are dressing down and designers are designing and people becoming mader pider azzad/liberal , they will all be in birthday suit. There will be no fashion houses in 100 years.
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Or there will be no universe in 100 yrs... qayamat qareeb hai
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It was AWESOME! That dude is seriously one of the coolest seniors around. Friendly, composed, funny and really down to earth. He was charming people left and right, fellas included. He had flown in via Japan and we had a sit down at the Armani, Burj Khalifa. Later on, we visited his boutique in MoE. It was only about three odd hours but seriously, worth taking time off work. I'll probably end up transcribing a bit of the talk, lets see! All in all, major props to a legendary figure.
Wicked. Will be waiting for the full interview seems like u had an amazing time (and ooOh[EMAIL="o@Burj"]@Burj Khalifa).
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I would totally have asked him that!
He was supernice, he’d probably give me one for you anyway!
I got some Repetto shoes today.
WTF am I going to do with Repetto shoes?
I gave them to my sister, why the hell did they give me girlie shoes 
It was! I’ll put down a couple of lines here and there, blog possibly.