The Snob Questionnaire: Valentino.

By Loïc Prigent

The Snob Questionnaire: Valentino. - © System Magazine

What is your favourite water?
Kangen Water.

What is your favourite champagne?
I don’t like champagne.

What’s the first lesson in politeness that you’d teach an impolite person?
Table manners.

What is the snobbiest thing you’ve done that you are proud of?
It’s impossible not to be proud of this, but my only serious snob thing is when I am in front of Queen Elizabeth… I refuse to look at anybody else.

What is worse: a snobby woman or a vulgar woman?
Snobby.

What is the most painful dinner conversation you’ve had to endure?
Too many to remember.

And who was the best person to be seated next to?
Again, Queen Elizabeth.

What do you say to those people who say ‘I love your work’?
Thank you.

What is your favourite emoticon on your phone?
I don’t know what you are talking about.

What do you consider the perfect manicure on a woman?
Light colour or brilliant Valentino red.

What’s the first snobby thing you remember doing as a child?
Having made-to-order shoes. I was crazy for them.

What’s the worst fashion faux-pas for a woman?
Wearing one fashion designer head-to-toe.

Sunglasses inside – what do you think?
Great.

Do you like people who dress with visible logos?
Not at all.

Less is…?
Too little.

What’s not enough?
Many things.

How do you snob a snob?
He knows me. I don’t know him.

Who have you been snobbed by?
Luckily I didn’t notice it.

On a scale from 0 to 10, how snobby are you?
4

Taken from System No. 1.