I think I still have a bit of a problem with the fact that rich celebs never have to spend their big piles of cash on the every day stuff we have to use our small puddle of coins on simply because they get sent so much free stuff. But normally I manage to forget that this is so. Until bloody Ian Brown comes and rubs our collective faces in it, that is.
Speaking to Absolute Radio, he admitted: "The only item of clothing I've bought in the last eleven years is a Burberry cashmere tartan scarf, that's the only thing. I actually was able to give up shopping in February 99".
That said, Brown's piles of free clothing come via his friendship with Japanese streetwear designer Kazuki Kuraishi. He explains: "I get a box sent from Japan, like every eight weeks I get a big box, and there's my jeans and whatnot. Every item of clothing you've seen me in since 1999 will have been designed by Kazuki, he's one of the top streetwear designers of Japan. He now designs Adidas and Levi's as well as a lot of the Japanese labels. I met him in 1998".