The Cut have a nice little interview with Nicola Formichetti, a man who has so many job titles we’d have RSI by the time we finished writing them down. They quiz him on where he shops, favourite designer and trends he loves and hate. When asked which trends he hated, he replied:

Boring celebrity stuff. I’ve been working with a lot of great, eclectic actors lately, but I hate the whole idea of celebrity in America. It’s so boring — all fake smiles and big business. It seems like you can sell crap if you put a famous name on it. America’s crazy, you know?

Read the full interview over at The Cut.

As far as foreign magazines go, Japanese magazines are the most fawned upon. Whether it’s the details obsessed cooing over Free & Easy or the fashion forward loving Men’s Non-No, it’s pretty safe to say that everyone’s well acquainted with Japanese magazines. If you’ve ever wanted to expand your foreign magazine reading habits beyond one country in the Orient, Wallpaper* have a great set of interviews with the editors of several groundbreaking Chinese magazines. The main cornerstone of the feature is that as consumerism has risen in China, so has the desire for information and these magazines fill that void. Read the full set of interviews at Wallpaper.

Check after the jump for spreads from each of the featured magazines.

We’ve noted our hatred for the rigid rules that menswear lives by before, but we do believe in some kind of order. And apparently, so does Richard Chai as we share the same fashion pet peeve – too skinny jeans. Just to clarify, we don’t hate skinny jeans but we do hate them on guys who have no business wearing them. Now we’ve got that off our chest, where were we? Oh, yes, Richard Chai. The Cut have a nice interview with him and here’s our favourite answer in the interview:

What’s something everyone should have in their closet?
Confidence.

Read the full interview here.

There’s been a big jump in Rick Owens interviews and profiles this year but sometimes you need a newspaper to do away with the the obtuse prose of fashion magazines and focus on the details. This Observer article does just that. One notable quote from the man was about his approach to fashion:

“to do old Hollywood glamour, but in a ripped-T-shirt way. Black-and-white movies, but done in leather and T-shirting. I always resented how high fashion was so unapproachable and not for everyday.”

Read the full interview here.

The lads at Valet spoke for a few moments with John Varvatos on his newly launched satellite radio program. “We talked with John Varvatos for a quick preview of his new satellite radio show, “Born in Detroit,” which is launching tomorrow from his CBGB boutique with a live performance by the New York Dolls.” With more and more designers finding new outlets to help brand their work, Varvatos on Radio is a clear extension on the work done in the former CBGB space.