5 Minutes With Nabil Aliffi, Global Creative Officer of Soho House & Co.
The London-based Singaporean tells us what inspires him
By Windy Aulia - published
Nabil Aliffi (Photo: Courtesy)
This London-based Singaporean wunderkind is the newly minted Global Chief Creative Officer of Soho House & Co., a members-only club with properties around the world, including spas, hotels, restaurants and retail spaces. Prior to this appointment, Aliffi lived and breathed fashion as Digital Fashion Director at Selfridges, Britain’s institutional shopping destination, scouting for new names in the industry.
“Véronique Nichanian and Christophe Lemaire.”
“That’s got to be when model Anja Rubik hosted me at her place, nestled atop a hill in Mallorca. It was summer, but the water was still icy at sundown—which we discovered when we jumped into her pool under the starry skies. Nearly drowned, but it was worth it.”
“Alberto Burri, no question about it.”
“My go-tos are Comme des Garçons, Dries Van Noten, Hermès, Issey Miyake and Prada.”
Knit cardigan, Dries Van Noten at MR PORTER
“A signed first edition—from the 1950s—of Yves Saint Laurent’s La Vilaine Lulu, a cartoon depicting a malicious girl who flouts convention.”
“Any pair from Marsèll.”
Leather boot, $1,498, Marsèll at Farfetch
“A 1855 agate cameo ring depicting the Duke of Wellington, from antique jeweller Peter Szuhay in London.”
“Jackson Boxer’s Orasay in Notting Hill, London; Joshua Skenes’ Saison in San Francisco; and the Little Bell at Soho Farmhouse, Oxfordshire.”
“Definitely Thomas Heatherwick.”
“A good watch to keep time.”
White gold Reverso Métiers Rares watch, Jaeger-LeCoultre