My mother and my brother would still be alive. So much of my life has been coping with the grief of losing them.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 April 2023 source ↗
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Douglas Stuart
Scottish fashion designer and novelist
United Kingdom / United States · b. 1976
Born in Glasgow, Stuart, 46, studied at the Royal College of Art. In 2000, he moved to New York to work as a fashion designer for Calvin Klein and went on to become vice-president of design at Kate Spade. In 2020, he published his first novel, Shuggie Bain, which won the Booker prize as well as both debut of the year and book of the year at the British Book awards in 2021. He is adapting the book for television and working on his third novel. Young Mungo, his second bestseller, is out in paperback on 13 April. He lives in New York with his husband.
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My creative freedom. I was the creative director of a large fashion brand when I packed it all in to pursue my writing.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 April 2023 source ↗
People who can’t hear other points of view. Absolute certainty always scares me a little.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 April 2023 source ↗
At a fashion show after-party in New York in 2004, my friend dared me to push her into the pool. I did, and you’ve never heard laughter die so quickly.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 April 2023 source ↗
When I was about 18, I worked on the chicken counter in a large supermarket, and every morning I had to pierce 64 birds on to industrial skewers to load up the rotisserie. That was very grim.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 April 2023 source ↗
To my younger self. I was incredibly self-loathing and self-doubting, and I’m still undoing that damage 30 years later.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 April 2023 source ↗
The summer of 1997. My husband, who is an American, gave up everything to come and live with me in Edinburgh when we were students, and we were so skint but we had so much fun.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 April 2023 source ↗
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