Wish You Were Here With... Guillermo Andrade

Sailing in the Hamptons? Partying in Ibiza? Lounging in Morocco?
424 designer Guillermo Andrade is leading this week's vacation selfie series and stirring some serious FOMO in LA...

How would you sum up what you do in a sentence?
I dream for a living. 

What did you want to be when you were growing up?
Football (soccer) player, always.

How do you waste time, when your schedule is clear?
I don’t waste time. I marinate on things a lot. Just sit and think, endless thinking.  

What did you do on your last day off? 
I don’t have many off days… I end up cleaning the house when I have time. Lol.

What's your greatest ambition?
To own a football club in the Premier League.

Who do you most admire?
I admire flowers.

What do you talk about when you get your hair cut?
Traveling mostly.

What's the last dream that you can remember having?
Watching massive tidal waves from the top of a mountain, the waves were destroying the Golden Gate Bridge.

What would you most like to change about the world? 
Wars.

What would you most like to change about yourself? 
More self-discipline.

If you could ask anyone a question, who would you ask, and what? 
Just give me an hour to chill with Bob Marley.

Describe yourself in three words... 
Black, red, and white. 

Favourite song? 
Kanye West - Can’t Tell Me Nothing.

Favourite colour? 
Orange. 

The perfect night out? 
Seeing and experiencing something new.
The funniest person you know? 
My dad.

Who’s the coolest person you know? 
My dad.

The funniest thing you’ve ever read about yourself? 
In high school people would spread the strangest rumours about me! One of them was that I was beating people up on the weekends! Lol…I’m not a fighter.

One thing you can’t live without? 
A great coat.

Favourite thing to eat? 
Spicy chicken.

Least favourite thing to eat? 
Garlic.

What was your first job? 
I made sandwiches at a deli. 

The best advice you've ever been given? 
Go with my intuition.

Why are you a fashion designer? 
Because I love it. 

Who or what inspires you? 
I hope to make a difference in a positive way one day, that’s my main inspiration.

What drives your creativity? 
Thinking of something that’s not been done before.

If you could dress anyone, who would it be? 
It’s not any one person actually, all of my style icons are so brilliantly dressed. Perhaps the Brazilian national football team!