Any style tips? Ties shouldn't be Rod Serling-straight and narrow, but they also shouldn't draw attention to the person wearing them.  I've also never understood that in-season, out-of-season thing.  If something looks really good, why not wear it? You moved around a lot while growing up.  Did that affect your sense of style? I was born in Indiana, but my parents are Canadian.  My father was a trade commissioner for Canada and we lived in Europe during the seventies.  I was the youngest of five boys and I did get a lot of hand-me-down hockey jerseys and T-shirts with maple leaves. How did different schools influence you? My parents shipped me off to a private boy's high school in Toronto.  We all had to wear a tie.  But you could turn it inside out, snip the stitching, tie it in a big knot.  We had competitions to find a jacket with the loudest lining.  Then I moved to Seattle in the late seventies and experienced wardrobe culture shock; my European style collided with Brittania jeans and bell-bottoms large enough to trip a child.

Do you like to pamper yourself?
Oh, yeah.  I believe in Kiehl's products--they're excellent.  Bumble and Bumble is great for hair.  I've loved Vitabath since I was a kid, because in Europe the bottle has pictures of nude women on it.  Shiseido makes a great facial exfoliating cream that comes with a brush--and, no, it's not made for men. I also like whatever I can steal from the bathrooms on Virgin Airways.

Do you ever get facials?
Definitely.  I go to a place called Ole Henriksen up on Sunset Boulevard.  You come out feeling like you just went to confession.  I call it the temple of absolution.

Are you into scent at all?
I don't even use deodorant that much.  If I do, it's Tom's of Maine.

What about manicures and pedicures?
No, but I do believe in the healing powers of spas and eucalyptus steam.  Beverly Hot Springs Spa [in L.A.] early Sunday morning--that's the place to be.

How do you prefer women to dress?
Depends on the woman.  I recently saw a sculpture of a woman wearing a sheer bodice--I knew it was sheer even though it was made of marble.  It's all about that which is left to the imagination, the suggestion of what's delicate and feminine and attractive.

Do you dress to appeal to women?
Of course.  You've got to be clean, comfortable and who you are. 

  --Peter McQuaid