The ballots are in! While fashion has always had its politics, this year’s International Best-Dressed List includes Barack and Michelle Obama, Michael Bloomberg and Diana Taylor, and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, alongside Hollywood stars (Brad Pitt, Penélope Cruz, Daniel Craig), royals (H.R.H. Princess Letizia of Asturias), and businessmen (Arpad Busson, Alejandro Santo Domingo), among others. Now it’s your chance to get in on the vote. Which outfit looks best on today’s honoree? Plus: See photos of everyone who made the best-dressed roster.
Based in London and Hampshire, England, Nicky Haslam is a “professional interior designer, amateur architect, fledgling cabaret singer, and author” (his words) who names Mark Ronson, King Stanislas of Poland, and Lucian Freud as his style icons. He says he likes dressing both up and down, but he prefers buttons to cuff links (“Cuff links are aging and studs always look nouveau.”) His tailor is Anderson & Sheppard (“Natch”), and his shirtmaker is Schostal on the Via Condotti in Rome, which has clad the Italian aristocracy for 150 years. Look for him wearing a variety of shoes (“Swear for formal, Converse for casual, and R-Soles for boots”); two platinum triple Russian rings (“I hate gold on men”); Ray-Ban sunglasses (“White-frame for summer, black for winter”); and a wafter-tin vintage Cartier watch from 1964 (“The only year Piaget made watches for Cartier”). And his favorite clothing purchase of 2009? “A green shot-taffeta suit by Anthony Price that I wear when I sing,” he says.
Nicky Haslam at the Serpentine Gallery’s annual summer party at Kensington Gardens in London, July 2009. FromWWD.
At a private dinner at the Red October Chocolate Factory in Moscow, September 2008. By Billy Farrell/PatrickMcMullan.com.
At a cocktail party for the charity Best Buddies, in London, May 13, 2009. By Dave M. Benett/Getty Images.
At a party at Tini, in London, March 17. By Nick Harvey/wireimage.com.
At the Cartier International Polo day in Windsor, England, July 27, 2008. By Jon Furniss/wireimage.com.