The dress is vintage 1930's. I love lace! It was unlined when I got it. My alterations lady is a genius and also has a passion for vintage (she does restorations for the V&A Museum in London) and suggested that we left the top of the dress unlined, which I’m really glad we did. I’ve worn it (with flats) to parties at friend’s houses in the Hamptons – it’s really great for swishing around on a dancefloor. Dress, Vintage

Oh, shiny, shiny, happy, happy! The sparkly buttons run down the back of this dress – its Azzaro and I think I’ll have it forever. There’s something so right about black and silver metallic. Dress, Christian Louboutin; Shoes, Lanvin; Clutch, Christian Louboutin

It’s vintage coat from an auction in London. When it arrived it had an old paper ticket from the Paris Metro in the pocket. I think it’s 1940's and I’m not sure what kind of cat it is but it’s very illegal to make coats out of it nowadays... and very terrible to do so regardless. I console myself with the fact that the cat would be a Septuagenarian and I’m not sure that they actually live that long. I love a red accessory: Lips, shoes, nails, bag... All, Vintage

More sparkles! The bag is ombré sequins and I bought it instead of a black clutch because it is significantly more fun and in my mind just as useful. I’m not really a bag person but I do love a clutch bag; I have quite a big collection and most of them have been carried on the red carpet at one time or another by my clients. They’re the floozies of my wardrobe. The earrings on the left are 19th century; I love the oxidized metal with the diamonds, I find new diamonds too sparkly sometimes. I prefer a beautiful hazy luster rather than a brilliant sparkle. I know that sounds ridiculous, like complaining that there are too many bubbles in champagne. My grandmother gave these to me just before she died. She loved pretty things. The Kentshire heart I bought for myself post-breakup, the Van Cleef bracelet was a present, the junky rhinestone necklace I think was in my dressing-up-box when I was little! Clutch, Prada; Gold Bracelet, Van Cleef & Arpels; Earrings, Vintage

I like bows. I spent years fighting how girly I really am so now I’ve clearly just given in completely. Shoe, Lanvin

Oh, you’ve discovered my jazz hands fetish. My assistants actually went and bought a top hat and a tails-coat because I ask for them for shoots repeatedly. One-trick pony… The hat actually came down the catwalk in Badgley Mischka’s runway show for fall 2011. I’m insane about these shoes. The clutches are sparkly and jazz-hands so they get double love, except that they are too small to actually fit a credit card. Hat, Vintage; Shoes, Christian Louboutin; Clutches, Judith Leiber

It’s pretty, isn’t it? I have biker jackets in black, brown, white leather, tweed, nude silk… shall I continue? They toughen up a girly frock and the shape suits my frame because it doesn’t add any volume or extraneous detail to my upper half. Just looking at this jacket makes me excited for fall. Doesn’t it look great with the lock on my front door? Andy (my contractor) insisted we get new hardware for the door and did the wallpaper. (There’s nothing better than a gay contractor. They have taste and patience for one’s whims.) Jacket, Céline

I have the taste of a seven-year-old. I like shiny things and pretty things. My friend Ginny Branch writes a blog called 'My Favourite Color is Shiny', which pretty much sums up my raison d’etre. All, CHANEL

The coat is just dreamy and I wear it rarely because it is such a lot. It sort of needs to be driven around in a cream Rolls Royce rather than take the subway. I tend to shop for my fantasy life – don’t we all? Sometimes something hard and metallic is necessary to balance out all the bows… Coat, Azzaro; Clutch, Calvin Klein

I got the hat in St. Petersburg a few years ago, and I suspected that Mr. Teddy was dressing up in it while I wasn’t paying attention… The bear somehow came home with me after a photo shoot one day. I generally think there is something entirely suspect about grown-ups with stuffed animals but I gave myself a hall pass somehow. Bag, CHANEL

The lovely CHANEL people gave me this bag. I do have a bit of a CHANEL bag thing, don’t I? I remember having it in Tokyo when I was there shooting a special edition of Interview with Karl Lagerfeld; it must have been 2005. That’s why I love CHANEL bags because they never date. I used to buy two seasonal bags each year until I worked out that I got over them so very quickly. Bag, CHANEL

This dress has always made me feel like a house, I’m afraid. It actually looks like a house in this picture... A very fabulous house, mind you. I don’t wear the fragrance; I just love the typography and the shape of the bottles – it’s perfection. Dress, Louis Vuitton; Shoes, Christian Louboutin

[This bag] is vastly vintage from the 60's and rather well-loved, which I really like. Somebody wrote on Twitter that reality TV stars have ruined the Birkin bag and linked them to Von Dutch trucker hats. Don’t get me wrong, if somebody handed me a Birkin I wouldn’t say no, but I do think that they can sometimes look rather gauche worn in a certain way. You don’t need intelligence or taste to own one. I always liken a woman’s handbag to a man’s car – I like to think that this would be a little vintage two-seater Mercedes convertible. I’d always pick a vintage Mercedes over a bumble-bee yellow Testarossa, wouldn’t you? The studs [on the shoes] help to balance out all the girly whatnot's and this shape is so flattering on the ankle. Bag, Hermès; Shoes, Valentino

This belt is Miu Miu – perfect for giving a waist and a bit of punch to a chiffon twenties dress. It’s just not that comfortable after you’ve eaten. Belt, Miu Miu

The gold watches are all vintage inherited from various relations. Unfortunately my mother was rather too fond of leaving them on the windowsill while she bathed and they all got rather too soggy and none actually keep proper time - neither do I, so it works out perfectly! The bench is probably [from the] '30's – fell in love with it online and had it shipped across the country. You may have noticed I have rather a love of shiny things. Gold Watches, Vintage

Oh, dear. PETA, here we come! I actually only buy vintage fur – somehow it seems less awful. The silver fox is a cape from the 30's – it‘s absolutely huge on and makes me look like one of the flying monkeys from The Wizard of Oz and entirely terrifying. The white monkey fur jacket (which is actually goat – they just call it monkey fur - I can't imagine anything more terrible than wearing monkey) was a sample. Top to Bottom. Fur, Vintage, Alessandro dell’Acqua

I think I bought this at a sample sale. I used to wear pretty much exclusively Chloé in the Stella and then Phoebe years. The brand has a nonchalance and a cool-girl attitude. The candle is Aedes de Venustas, which is my favourite store in N.Y.C. They have amazing fragrances; another obsession! Bag, Chloé

These are 40's paste earrings. The Lucite reindeer is a flea market find and possibly the campiest Christmas decoration ever. Earrings, Vintage

I got these right at the end of the Barneys sale and the nice shoe man there insisted I get them rather than some other rather unflattering ones that I was obsessing about. He was right. I’m really into Victoriana and Edwardian pieces but worn in an uncostumey way. These boots are perfect with a skinny jean and my jet fringed Victorian mourning cape – sort of rock and roll meets The Piano. I like clothes that tell a story, even if its only a story in my head. One of Merriam Webster’s definitions of Romantic is 'having no basis in fact'. Shoes, Giuseppe Zanotti x Balmain.

I just love L’Wren Scott's clothes. They make your body look ridiculous and they’re beautifully made. Every time I buy a piece I can see myself wearing it forever. She also makes the best pants; I christened mine 'The Amazebum Pants.' Dress, L’Wren Scott; Shoes, Alaïa; Bag, CHANEL

The shawl is I think 1920's or 30's. I got it from New York Vintage on 25th street. I’d been playing with it every time I went in and then eventually sold it to myself when I realized how great it looks with an army jacket. The shoes are one of those [things] that I convinced myself was terribly practical but, of course, they’re several inches too high to really walk in. Shawl, Vintage; Shoes, Alaïa

I’ve actually only worn [this dress] once to a ball in London. It’s one of those make-friends dresses because people will come and talk about your dress. The mirror is antique; I got it in a junk shop in Long Island. The delivery man was so mad about carrying it upstairs and even more so when he realized the bargain I’d got. Dress, Vintage