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Nicholas Haslam

English Designer

Born: Sep 27, 1939

Could Good People Think Try You

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I don't do nostalgia. The phrase 'the good old days' never passes my lips. Nicholas Haslam

Good Old Good Old Days Phrase Never Days Passes Lips Nostalgia Old Days

It's rude to not try and look up-to-date. Is rude the right word? Yes! It's rude - rude to other people. Nicholas Haslam

People Try Word Rude Other Right Word Look Yes Up-To-Date Right

I tend to look out for things with a resonance to my youth - artists or objects that seemed romantic all those years ago. I never buy anything purely for its value. I like possessions that smile back at me. Nicholas Haslam

I believe every room speaks, tells you what to do to it. You have to listen to that. Nicholas Haslam

You Believe Every Tells Listen Room Speaks

It's terribly easy to be well dressed. It's much more difficult to be badly dressed. Nicholas Haslam

Difficult Easy Dressed More Badly Well Terribly Much

Vanity is not having facelifts if you're ugly. Those people who say: 'Oh, I'd never dream of having anything done!' That's rude. It's rude, to other people, to not try and look your best; to not try and stir things up, to not reinvent... or just invent... it's one's duty to not get stuffy. Nicholas Haslam

Best You People Ugly Try Rude Invent Duty Other Say Those Dream Vanity Having Never Look Stir Up Get Done Oh Just Anything Your Who Reinvent Things

I go to Topman at lunchtime and stare at these beautiful, beautiful people who work there and who are so well-dressed. And I think: 'Oh! I want to look like that! They're amazing, how well-dressed they are!' Nicholas Haslam

Work Beautiful People Amazing Think Beautiful People Like Look How Go Oh Want Who Stare Lunchtime

I have always aspired towards other people's looks. When I was young, I loved teddy boys; I thought they looked wonderful. Then I was a cowboy in Arizona, really for the clothes! I had a ranch for five years; I had chaps made of bearskin. Nicholas Haslam

People Wonderful Thought Made Young Clothes Other Ranch Chap Had Arizona Towards Looked Looks Boy Always Years Cowboy Five Loved Then Really Aspired Teddy

Sometimes I think it would be nice to share everything I've got with somebody - and sometimes I think I'm very lucky to have the bathroom to myself. But I feel it would be nice to pass on my knowledge. Perhaps because I haven't got children - one wants to educate somebody. Nicholas Haslam

I'm afraid of people, in a way. Nicholas Haslam

People Way Afraid

Often it's a lack of time, not taste, that leads someone to hire a decorator. A good decorator/client relationship should be like a marriage. The time one puts in needs to be extensive. One needs to listen to them and understand what they like and how they live. Nicholas Haslam

Most English houses, grand or small, nestle in an intimate pastoral setting. Nicholas Haslam

Setting Intimate Small Most Houses Grand English

I've always chased glamour. Nicholas Haslam

Chased Glamour Always

New York in the '60s was amazing. Nicholas Haslam

Amazing New York New York

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