
#TakenByPaul: Inside Paul Smith’s photography revolution
What makes Sir Paul Smith tick? We go behind the lens with Britain’s best-loved fashion designer to find out
- Words by: Joseph Bullmore
Paul Smith’s office is full of beautiful rubbish. Up in the boardroom, a grand walnut table is slowing edging over to the back wall, as a great whirring mound of kitsch, tidbits and assorted trinkets creeps ever outward. The shelves on the wall overflow with colourful knick-knacks and handmade trinkets, while flashes of pastel and neon shapes vie for attention from a pile of garments on the oak floorboards.



