Unpeeled tomatoes and barn conversions: Nicky Haslam reveals what’s ‘common’ this year Instagram release of tea towel featuring what the UK designer ‘finds common’ has become an annual ritual.
Some might say it’s a controversial term, but for Nicky Haslam, the 85-year-old English designer, socialite and self-appointed arbiter of taste, defining what is common is not something to shy away from – on the contrary, it has become an annual ritual.
“I don’t know how well they sell, but I know they sell out every year and it looks like the same this year.” Previously, you could only buy one by emailing his assistant.
Their success hinges on relatability, hoping to tap into the raw terror that something you do, eat or say might appear on it.
I’m simply proclaiming what rude taste I have,” Haslam says in his home in west London.
