 "Wendell Rodricks")
Best work moment
I am at my creative best at 5 am and enjoy each day in the studio till 10.30 am. After that I enjoy the day.
Books on your bedside
Through the Narrow Gate by Karen Armstrong and Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese are the present reads. For visual enjoyment the March issue of W magazine is also on hand for the delicious nudes.
Massage or workout to de-stress
Long walks on the hills and by the rivers. And where there is a mountain, you can be sure I'm climbing it
Favourite accessory
My iPad is a wonder world where the world is literally at my finger tips
Designs that have caught your eye recently
I can't stop admiring my Christian Louboutin brogues with stainless steel tips. The gleam, the touch, that red sole... Orgasmic!
Your IT tools
I am a computer idiot. But my tiny new Angel cube is full of jazz music and a source of aural and visual bliss
Favourite spirit
Viva Vodka
Favourite wine
Carton Charlemagne
Favourite champagne
Krug and Crystal
Your sleeping ritual
Sleep early after a long walk. Wake early and dream designs
Favourite TV show
Shows on Bbc.com
Favourite accessory
Dior and Tom Ford sunglasses
Favourite cuisine
Indian, French, Chinese, Ottoman
What food items do you like to shop for?
A great mushroom
Newspaper, TV channels and websites you prefer
Lots of them. But Al Jazeera wins
Where do you like to sit when being driven? Upfront with driver of back seat like sahib?
Back seat as I don't want to watch the road. That is my driver's job. In the backseat I can luxuriate in YouTube
On a plane, do you prefer to network, sleep or catch up on films and reading?
Short distance...sleep. Long distance... Movies
Fancy coffee or masala tea?
Green Japanese tea with roasted rice flavour
What do you cook on your day off
An orange cake with chocolate chips that Marielou Phillips taught me
Do you fill customer feedback forms? Why?
Sometimes I do. If I feel it will make a difference
Are you a beach or mountain person?
Mountain - I like scaling heights
Your favourite city
Toss up among Mumbai, Istanbul and Paris
What's your fragrance?
Terre de Hermes
The shoemaker you trust your sole with
Louboutin and Edwin Pinto
Your shaving mantra
Clinique shaving gel
The gels, oils and lotions you swear by
SK II, Clarins and Oil of Ulay
Your favourite evening wear
Wendell Rodricks
Your current set of wheels
BMW. I lurve BMW
God for you is…
In the positives in life
Favourite cafe
Cafe de Flore, Paris. It's a moving theatre
Workday lunch is
Salad and steamed fish
Your ideal dance music
Anything from Motown
At parties do you like to talk turkey or make PC?
I don't like big parties. Dinner for six to eight is more my scene
A few of your Goddesses are
Barbara Streisand, Bette Midler, Shobhaa De, Anjana Sharma
Alpha males you know
My Great Dane, Zeus
Your favourite motto
Enjoy life... in the NOW moment
Wendell Rodricks
Fashion designer and Padma Shri awardee
