Welcome to Men Style Fashion "Thank You" The initials of DG come to mind.
I'm not talking about talking Dolce & Gabbana
Who are you and what do you do?
Im David Gandy, im a model
Im on the committee for the British Fashion Council
David, I get a lot of emails about men wanting to become a model,
Want some crucial tips
that you would give for them coming into it.
You've obviously got to have the right stature and the right height
Probably over 6 foot
Why is that so?
see i mean it's...
you don't have to be but there are some shorter ones but most are 6'3
6-1, 6-2
You have to fit on sample sizes and thats what they ask in some ways
so
you have to fit some certain criteria
but really modeling is open to any face
so about uniqueness, its about classic, its er
theres so many variations
You have your own styler... Did you style yourself today Mr. Gandy?
I do. I style myself every morning. Talk us through it
why,
is it the modern Gandy?
go show what you can do. You don't have to spend a lot of money on suitting and erm
Its a taken suits off the British highstreet. Its quite summery
and a little bit daring with the buttons and the light blue,
but its summertime so you have to go with the light colors
but still keep that traditional feel
in regards to charity its something
incredibly dear to my heart
Why has it taken so long for you know, high labels or any fashion industry to get involved?
I ask myself the same question thats why I set up the Blue Steel Appeal in January
were just raised, we got the final numbers in and through the fashion industry we raised £222,000
for First Initiative so, we've kinda shown what we can do
in the fashion industry, so
so many people stepped-up, Naomi Campell
yes
Victoria Beckham
So many people did such a wonderful thing for us.
So raising that amount of money
I hope that everyone will get together with the fashion industry
Within the next few seasons, using LCM, using Girls Fashion Week
And raising as much money as we can for a good cause.
A few years ago, Elton John did pop up shop in One Street
Hey gave everything he owned in his wardrobe
would that be something that
you would be prepared to do?
What I actually tried to get together last year with a lot of
celebrities and people from fashion is to actually do a whole
Almost, bootsale. But a very posh booksale maybe in Harrods, maybe in Selfridges
Right
and everything
that we don't, you know, that we don't want anymore and want to get rid of,
the things we do have
but we're still prepared to donate to charity
celebrity bootsale and 100% of those proceeds go to
Blue Steel Appeal so
Id like to get that together for next year, we've seen what works, what I try to do aswell is give
is people from
everyday, from the street and bring an opportunity
to experience that fashion world as well.
Whats your sort of,
encouragement for a man whose lost his passion,
to dress up let alone love.
Women have probably nailed it more than men that
dressing up makes you feel good
With my style I've always said theres always 5 or 10 pieces you have to buy
that are just staple for your wardrobe
what 3 crucial pieces of clothing a man
should own,
I just think, if you have a suit, a good three piece suit,
you can separate, I mean you can wear the trousers, something else where
a jacket
Waistcoat
Its sort of 3 items in 1 look.
you can then separate that
a good pair shoes makes or breaks an outfit always
and then go for an accessory, so a handkerchief or a tie
or a good t shirt goes a long way. I know that sounds ridiculous
In my style app
I talk about t shirts and people say theres only
one t shirt and I said theres not! Theres v-neck, theres deep v-neck, theres everything!
get the right t shirt and er
a good tailor to
nip and tuck
to take everything in and to tailor
to you!
so it can be done. You don't need to spend much money
Im glad to hear it. Savile Row
What does Savile Row mean to you?
A lot of our viewers don't know what its about,
Im asking you to speak from the heart now. What does David Gandy
the model,
Well I kinda think we are here
at a Mens Show because
of Savile Row
Mens styling is based around tailoring
so, and that started 300 years again london
Savile Row, and here we are today celebrating it.
Savile Row is the pinnacle of that.
Tom Ford has been quoted saying that London
is the home of menswear.
and I think the home of menswear is
Savile Row
Well where do they go from here, because I mean Starbucks is in there
and Abercrombie and Fitch.
Where do they go from here? Is it the end of
Savile Row?
Savile Row constantly re-creates itself
modernizes.
Richard James changed it with the giant glass window
So its constantly changing. I don't think England will ever allow Savile Row
to
its getting a boost now of investment from China.
which is a little bit of a shame but if England isn't willing to invest in
things like Savile Row
same with the car companies,
I mean you need Indian investment, Chinese investment
for these British traditions to carry on
David, there was one tweet that kept coming at me,
Lat time I interviewed you,
Ladies, if you're wondering if he is
handsome, he is traumatically so!
Thank you so much!