FASHION Magazine

Do you have a favourite designer?

“I love shopping. I love clothes. Some of my favourite designers would be Etro and Paul Smith—I think the list would be a little too long. I could keep going and going… When I hit the Grammys, I tried to get Etro to sponsor me, but it was too short notice. I like J.Lindeberg, so I got these tuxedo pants with stripes.”

What do you feel comfortable wearing? Are you more of a “jeans and T-shirt” guy?

“It’s funny, ’cause I’m a little bit hard sometimes on my girlfriend. I want her to dress really great and look cool and fun. But pretty much every day, I wake up and I wear Abercrombie shorts and a T-shirt that I paint in. I have a section of T-shirts that just have paint all over them because I’m gonna ruin them.”

Is there anyone past or present, another artist and actor, whose fashion you admire?

“I look at a lot of magazines. I get my inspiration from every angle, from nightlife. Like last night—I’m going to have tons of paintings out of last night. I like to look at things and get ideas and see what’s in trend and what’s going…but I like to mix it up, too. Like, if everybody’s doing something, I won’t do that at all. Two years ago, when the thing was to wear jackets with hoodies out of them, I was like, I’m not doing that.”

Shown: You Know, That’s an Antique, 2008

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By Michelle Bilodeau