Where is home?
What’s your most memorable meal?
In an unnamed restaurant in Soho when I ate a lovely piece of green salad but it was a whole huge caterpillar. It was literally the most memorable. I’ve always dug around salad ever since.
Do you have a favourite restaurant?
I do The Wolseley if I’m in the West End and I do Sumi on Westbourne Grove. I actually hate sushi. I’m probably the only one not dying from mercury poisoning.
What shops do you rely on?
M&S and ME+EM — I like initials. And a shop called Tylers [on Notting Hill Gate], which has everything. Whenever you need Christmas tree lights, a weird screw driver or whatever it might be, Tylers has it. It’s the funniest place.
Where is the best place for a first date?
Somewhere with great lighting. When I went on my first dates in my life, I was in my teens and I had really bad acne. There was a restaurant on Sloane Street, it was a little Italian place that had really soft lighting and it wasn’t overhead. So I felt more appealing and I felt that I didn’t have crevices that were being highlighted — so soft lighting.
Who is the most iconic Londoner?
I would say Chelsea Pensioners. I love them. I love women Chelsea Pensioners, too. You know I went to the Chelsea Flower Show in May and I just chatted to this male and female Chelsea Pensioner and they were just so delightful — they always have amazing stories. I don’t think anybody would ever mug a Chelsea Pensioner. No way! We’d kill them. They’re just these magnificent people.
Which fashion trend are you tired of seeing?
Probably — I’ve bought into a bit — it’s the very Instagram-influencer oversized suit. With a clutch bag in a matching colour. I think I’m over that one.
Where do you go to let your hair down?
I just love driving around London with my daughter when it’s a bit sunny and playing loud music. I would have loved to have done The Knowledge. I love acronyms! Did you know that WASP is an acronym for when you go from Walpole Street to Anderson Street to Sloane Avenue to Pelham Street — they’re cut-throughs that the taxi drivers use. When I’m in the back of a cab, it can be hellish for them or they actually love it. I get a lot of taxis but I still get, ‘Are you Trinny or Susannah?’
What do you think is special about Londoners’ style?
That it doesn’t conform, there’s such an individuality. It’s why most designers around the world at some stage come in to take influence from London.
Do you have a favourite London fashion designer?
Vivienne Westwood was truly the most iconic London designer after someone like Mary Quant or those 1960s designers.
What do you collect?
Coats. I love them so much.
Favourite work of art in London?
I do like the Henry Moore in Hyde Park. My favourite painter is Piero della Francesca, and there’s one called The Baptism of Christ in the National Gallery and I’ve always loved it.
What are you up to for work right now?
I am building a business into a global brand. I’m really proud that London is in the name of that business. And I’ve got a book and a podcast, entitled Fearless. To be fearless in life is my motto.
