Colm Tóibín
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Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud
Colm Tóibín
There's nothing more attractive for me than Irish country awkwardness.
Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud
Colm Tóibín
You know, I was in a boarding school with 300 boys.
Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud
Colm Tóibín
I still to this day find that more attractive than someone who's suave.
Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud
Colm Tóibín
Or, you know, sophisticated, or debonair.
Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud
Colm Tóibín
Someone wearing absolutely the wrong clothes.
Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud
Colm Tóibín
I wouldn't know what to do.
Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud
Colm Tóibín
I wouldn't know what to do.
Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud
Colm Tóibín
But yeah, someone who was completely awkward.
Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud
Colm Tóibín
And I should say that my shirt, I didn't say this, is the sleeves are rolled up.
Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud
Colm Tóibín
This is as a result of my friend Bertrice Rezzori, who's Italian.
Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud
Colm Tóibín
And she put a ban on me wearing short-sleeved shirts.
Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud
Colm Tóibín
She said, no one in Italy wears short-sleeved shirts.
Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud
Colm Tóibín
If you have them, get rid of them.