Every week, we’re turning to a trusted tastemaker and Talking Taste in all its forms. From favorite meals to must-have music for eating, drinking, and making things happen, we want to know what makes creators and influencers tick—don’t you?
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Illustration by Paige Vickers
B. Akerlund, a Swedish style maven who headed to the United States at the ripe young age of 14, has dressed everyone from Madonna and Lady Gaga to Rihanna and Blondie. Her whimsical take on fashion makes clothing look like art—so we had to know where she gets her good taste (and what she eats to fuel her self-proclaimed fashion activism).
Age: 40
Day job: Fashion activist
What you’d do if you weren’t doing your day job: Play dress up
One food or drink you couldn’t live without: Green juice
What do you have great taste in? Everything from A to Z
What do you have bad taste in? People sometimes. I am a good-hearted person and it always don’t work out.
Who, to you, is an influential tastemaker, and why? My children Billie and Eddie, because they always bring innovative ideas and have a fresh perspective on things.
How do you expand and refine your sense of taste? Research! I am a research freak.
What is the best-tasting thing you’ve ever eaten? Grandma’s home cooking.
What does taste mean to you? Life. I am a visual person, and without beauty and art I crumble.
B. gave us a playlist perfect for getting dressed to. Listen now:
