Porter regards himself as “quite a mess, usually,” but yes, he admits to having put some thought into his look this morning. Hockney’s clothes were his way of saying: ‘I’m gay.’”Bright flash: David Hockney at home in London in 2015. We fear doing so is trivial, superficial.”Other female artists in the book use clothes as part of their practice. But he thinks he’s probably done with that world now (having finished a novel, he hopes to write another book about fashion). “If you’re lucky enough to work in fashion, I think it’s important not to be involved in avarice or covetousness,” he says.

Source: The Guardian May 16, 2021 10:52 UTC