Nicholas Haslam
Nicholas Haslam
Nicholas Ponsonby 'Nicky' Haslamis an English interior designer and socialite, and founder of the London-based interior design firm, NH Design Inc...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDesigner
Date of Birth27 September 1939
call current home people simply
People think that buying something for their home which is up-to-date is chic, but often it's a cliche. I call people who simply give clients the current 'thing' stylists not decorators.
buy confident good hands interior knows learn people simply subtle
You can learn the subtle language of interior style, but many people simply buy it. If you put yourself in the hands of someone who knows what they are doing, you can be confident it will look good.
best dream duty people stir vanity
Vanity is not having facelifts if you're ugly. Those people who say: 'Oh, I'd never dream of having anything done!' That's rude. It's rude, to other people, to not try and look your best; to not try and stir things up, to not reinvent... or just invent... it's one's duty to not get stuffy.
amazing beautiful lunchtime people stare work
I go to Topman at lunchtime and stare at these beautiful, beautiful people who work there and who are so well-dressed. And I think: 'Oh! I want to look like that! They're amazing, how well-dressed they are!'
people curiosity natural
I have a natural curiosity for people.
I've always wanted to look different. I always think I've got this terrible figure. I'd like to be 3 inches taller.
grand intimate
Most English houses, grand or small, nestle in an intimate pastoral setting.
bores brought chairman fade life room
I didn't want to look distinguished; I wanted to look fun, and also to fade into the street, into the King's Road. If I don't fade into a room at White's, that's fine. My father was chairman of Brooks' and the Beefsteak, and I was brought up in that life, and it bores me rigid.
badly difficult easy terribly
It's terribly easy to be well dressed. It's much more difficult to be badly dressed.
great
I'd like not to have these great puffy lobes on my ears - I'd like them to taper in.
I wanted to be grown up the minute I could.
I think what I have is straightforwardness, unabashedness rather than charm.
I don't really do a big Saturday supper. I prefer entertaining in the daytime.
I don't feel I have to charm somebody, I feel I want to know them; it's a different thing.