So, we turned to Simon Collins, the dean of the School of Fashion at Parsons. Collins recently penned a TOME that explores how and why people get to be so dang successful. Below, Collins lends tongue-in-cheek, Brit-bloke advice to our pain-point questions and social entanglements.
Q: If, in the small recycled circle of online dating you see a familiar face, what do you do? Do you mention it the next time you see that person IRL?
If you happen to find yourself out with a new date when an old date spots you, then you should immediately do the following: stand up, shoot your cuffs, button your blazer, and withdraw from the area affecting an air of languid insouciance. Or, you might wish the target well and move on to meet the love of your life.
Q: You give a lot of great advice on what to do. Do you have any advice on what not to do?
Don’t trust online advice columns. Don’t wash your feet with socks on. Don’t forget to call your mum. Don’t vote Republican. Don’t step on the cracks. Don’t forget to floss. Don’t be mean. Don’t eat yellow snow. Don’t cry for me Argentina. Don’t throw stones. Don’t give the oxygen of publicity to things you don’t like. Don’t hold the doors. Don’t waste a single second. Don’t call her back too quickly. Don’t play hard to get. Don’t stop playing. Don’t give up on love. Don’t believe the hype. Don't stop believing. Don’t take my word for it.
Simon Collins, so dapper in Cannes. (New profile pic? We kid, we kid.)