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Vogue HK

Brad Pitt’s favorite cashmere brand? Exclusive interview with American designer Sat Hari, co-founder of God's Ture Cashmere: "We share a love for cashmere and everything soft." "Vogue" Hong Kong talks to American designer Sat Hari, co-founder of God's Ture Cashmere brand.

by HIU KWAN FUNG

24 OCT 2023

Now, on the occasion of God's Ture Cashmere being introduced to Hong Kong for the first time by the legendary local boutique Joyce, "Vogue" Hong Kong and Sat Hari had a conversation to talk about the design inspiration and concept behind the series, and to understand the brand's story and the designer's fashion point of view.

What has an important influence on the brand’s design style and aesthetics? What role does Brad Pitt play in the brand? What important impact does he have on brand philosophy and values?
Brad Pitt is my brand partner and co-designer of the collection. He also added tremendous energy to the design process, helping us push the boundaries of color and design. He has seen a lot in life, so he has the energy to try new things and expand our creative process. Beyond the creative process, if you’ve read the brand’s story, you’ll know that’s how the company was founded because of our shared love of cashmere and all things soft.

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Sunday, July 28, 2019

His comments to The Times and others reinforce what he had said two years ago to GQ.  He is also signalling that when they are able to emerge from this, he will be open about what transpired, his flaws, vulnerabilities and feelings.

"I shine up well on the outside but... a bit dicey, my friend."

Times interview excerpts:

'It's a constant battle. You gain wisdom as you get older, so self-doubt gets less, hopefully. 'But it's universal, that battle in the mind between beating yourself up and finding a place of peace.'

"When I started, I loved Mickey Rourke and Sean Penn,  I loved them because there was a toughness to them, which was how the male I'd grown up being taught about was meant to be. But they were also vulnerable, raw and open, and I always appreciated that. What I see now is a new masculinity, especially with people who have gone through Hollywood and its recalibration, a new male who is more vulnerable. I'm not talking mushiness — I mean a man who owns his own flaws and is aware of them and open about it. And vulnerable, with real feelings, rather than being this macho, trying-to-be-tough guy. But that might just be me in my old age, on my own trip, projecting onto everyone else." 

GQ
If I'm not creating something, doing something, putting it out there, then I'll just be creating scenarios of fiery demise in my mind. You know, a horrible end.

For me this period has really been about looking at my weaknesses and failures and owning my side of the street.

Sitting with those horrible feelings, and needing to understand them, and putting them into place. In the end, you find: I am those things I don't like. That is a part of me. I can't deny that. I have to accept that. And in fact, I have to embrace that. I need to face that and take care of that. 
It's a different world, too. We know more, we're more focused on psychology. I come from a place where, you know, it's strength if we get a bruise or cut or ailment we don't discuss it, we just deal with it. We just go on. The downside of that is it's the same with our emotion. I'm personally very retarded when it comes to taking inventory of my emotions. I'm much better at covering up. I grew up with a Father-knows-best/war mentality—the father is all-powerful, super strong—instead of really knowing the man and his own self-doubt and struggles. And it's hit me smack in the face with our divorce: I gotta be more. I gotta be more for them. I have to show them. And I haven't been great at it.





When asked to name a modern-day event that had a similar impact on Hollywood, Pitt made a connection to the change brought about by the Harvey Weinstein scandal.
“Is that bad taste?” he asked. “[Like the Manson murders], it’s more that I think we’re getting recalibrated. But [this time] in a good way.”

'I'm curious to see. There is a plethora of streaming now, and unless the communal cinematic experience is reinvented and reignited... well, I don't know.
'Maybe we're dinosaurs, but look at the 1990s, when we hit a wall with Stallone and Schwarzenegger films, and up comes this kid Tarantino, so, suddenly, indie cinema is off and running. It's constantly in flux. I can't say I miss anything. I'm along for the ride. I'm all for change.'

Pitt has likely devoted plenty of time to Weinstein’s fall as the actor’s production company, Plan B Entertainment and Annapurna Pictures have acquired the rights to the story of how two New York Times reporters investigated and uncovered Weinstein’s pattern of sexual misconduct.


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