What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A world where there are no copycat designers.
What is your greatest fear?
Nylon.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
My tongue, reserved for near and dear ones.
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Bad taste.
What is your greatest extravagance?
My shoes, of the alligator, crocodile, snake skin variety.
What is your current state of mind?
Perplexed.
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Virginity.
What do you most dislike about your appearance?
My weight.
Which living person do you most despise?
Grandchildren who own chateaus in France.
What is the quality you most like in a man?
Firmness.
What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Perkiness.
Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
Ulti kee balti.
When and where were you happiest?
In my mother’s womb.
Which talent do you most wish you had?
I wish I could lie to people and tell them how good they look.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I wish I could hide my disgust for all things done in bad taste.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
It has yet to come.
Where would you most like to live?
A chateau in the South of France.
What is your most treasured possession?
My paintings that I hope to hang in my chateau.
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Political correctness.
If you didn’t do your current job, what would you choose to do?
I’d still want to be a designer, maybe of minds.
What is your most marked characteristic?
My sarcasm.
Who is your hero of fiction?
Talented fashion journalists of Pakistan.
Which historical figure do you most identify with?
Oscar Wilde.
Who are your heroes in real life?
Philanthropists.
What is your greatest regret?
Some of my creations make me cringe.
What’s your favourite quote?
“Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn” from Gone with the Wind.
On what occassion do you lie?
I usually lie about coming to work.
How many hours of loadshedding did you experience yesterday?
Four at the studio, four at home.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 12th, 2010.
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