Composite: Guardian Design/Jordan Carter View image in fullscreen Composite: Guardian Design/Jordan Carter How I shop Celebrity Interview How I Shop with David Gandy: ‘It gets into the male psyche’ As told to Hannah Booth Always wondered what everyday stuff celebrities buy, where they shop for food, and the basic they scrimp on? The model and entrepreneur talks pants, lawnmowers and restoring classic cars with the Filter
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D avid Gandy is one of the most recognisable faces in fashion, starring in hundreds of campaigns for brands including Dolce & Gabbana, Burberry, Hugo Boss and many more. He was the first man nominated for model of the year by the British Fashion Council.
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From 2014 to 2019 he designed a bestselling range for Marks & Spencer featuring underwear, sleepwear and more, and in 2021, he launched his own fashion and lifestyle brand, David Gandy Wellwear. A committed philanthropist, he has worked with several charities, from Save the Children to Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, and backed the Centre for Social Justice’s Lost Boys report on the crisis facing boys and young men in the UK today. The David Gandy Wellwear summer collection is available now.
A very fancy electric Cobra Fortis lawnmower last summer. I now have three lawnmowers as I am slightly obsessed with my garden, especially the lawn.
View image in fullscreen Cobra Fortis 25FTE cordless fine turf cylinder mower 63cm
Where do you buy your food from? I mix M&S food with daily shopping at Waitrose, as the staff at my East Sheen store are amazing. Next door is Valentina Deli, which I love as I am obsessed with anything Italian when it comes to food, probably a hangover from the many campaigns I have shot in Italy over the years.
View image in fullscreen Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian Shop groceries at Waitrose What’s the best present you’ve given? You would have to ask the people I gave them to. There’s a brilliant artist I have worked with called Daisy Simpson who has hand-drawn pencil portraits of my children and pets, and my family love them. I prefer giving gifts that are well thought through and highly personal. I love giving presents, whereas I feel very awkward receiving anything.
View image in fullscreen Gandy prefers giving personal gifts, including hand-drawn portraits. Photograph: Daisy Simpson … and the best present you’ve received? A pedal go-kart when I was six years old.
I love interiors and am a big fan of anything Andrew Martin does, so I spend a lot of time on his website sourcing things for the house. The wallpaper in our daughters’ playroom is his ark animal motif, and we have a lot of his chairs too.
View image in fullscreen Andrew Martin ark wallpaper
What’s your favourite bricks-and-mortar shop? Thom Sweeney on Old Burlington Street in London. It’s more than a menswear store; it’s a townhouse (which recently expanded into the art gallery next door) designed as somewhere its clients can hang out, play pool and have a coffee – rather than just shop. It gets into the male psyche, which is something I love about brands – when they become more than the product itself.
View image in fullscreen More than a shop … Thom Sweeney’s Old Burlington Street townhouse is designed as a place to linger What’s the gadget you use most often? The SmartLife app on my phone, which allows me to control most things in my home while out and about.
Free at Google Play What’s the purchase you regret the most? Probably the Fortis lawnmower … I should have gone for one of Allett’s petrol mowers.
Since we finished renovating our home in London, my attention has turned to the garden, which is my new obsession. So at the moment, flowers, plants and topsoil are the most frequent deliveries to our front door.
View image in fullscreen Photograph: Jacky Parker Photography/Getty Images Hydrangea arborescens ‘Incrediball’ (Strong Annabelle)
Where do you buy your underwear? Obviously I wear my own brand’s pants, but I also like Sunspel.
For £20, I would buy my rescue dog Dora some of her favourite fresh lamb chews. With £200, I’d probably treat myself to a plate of spaghetti alle vongole in Italy, and spend some of my British Airways air miles to help get me there.
View image in fullscreen Perrito lamb dog chews, 100g
£4.95 at Amazon View image in fullscreen For Gandy, £200 is best spent on a plate of spaghetti alle vongole in Italy. Photograph: Lisovskaya/Getty/iStockphoto What’s your ‘saved search’ on eBay/Vinted? I don’t have an account for either. But on the Collecting Cars app, there’s a Jaguar XKR-S that’s saved, and I’m following it closely …
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