Fashion Q&A with Camilla and Marc’s founder

What are three essential items in your wardrobe?
A perfectly tailored black blazer, a well-tailored trouser and a white T-shirt in fine jersey.

Who are your favourite designers?
I wear mostly my own brand but I do love Loewe, old Céline – when Phoebe Philo was designing – and Cristóbal Balenciaga for the balloon skirts and modernistic silhouettes.

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What’s your favourite fashion era?
I have always enjoyed the drama of 1960s haute couture. I also love the ’90s for its minimalism.

What would you wear …
… on a first date? I’d go simple and do me: jeans, a white tee, blazer and slides.
… on a plane? A Camilla and Marc twin trackset – I like to get a new one for each flight, it’s become a bit of a tradition – with slides.
… to the Oscars? A bespoke gown I’d make myself. Something very different to what I normally wear – maybe white, with cut-outs, probably some lace. That would be so much fun.

Do you have a favourite fragrance?
For my birthday a girlfriend bought me Map of the Heart’s Black Heart v.2. I’d never heard of it, but she absolutely nailed it because I haven’t stopped wearing it. I also adore most of the Byredo fragrances, like the Cotton Poplin candle and the Rose hand cream.

Can you remember a favourite outfit you wore as a child?
In the mid-’90s I was heavily into grunge music, so I was wearing Keppers – low-crotch baggy pants – and a band T-shirt that was invariably faded because I found it at a thrift store. Baby-doll vintage dresses were also in regular rotation – I’d scour the markets for them every weekend. You can probably guess that I was inspired by Courtney Love back then.

And your first fashion moment?
I modelled when I was very young and my first memory of fashion – and knowing that I wanted to grow up and do something in fashion – was being on location for Studio Bambini magazine when I was about 11. I remember swooning over all the fashion the stylist had pulled – it was a highlight of my youth.