Go-to good-bye: “I’m going to get out of your hair.”

Graydon Carter

The AIR MAIL co-founder and editor emeritus of Vanity Fair answers 43 questions on fashion sense and other sensibilities, including his penchant for Macy’s shorts and a Lacoste tennis shirt

Graydon Carter has applied his philosophy, and favorite refrain—“We’re in the excellence business!”—to just about everything over the course of his career, from the pages of Spy and Vanity Fair to yours truly, Air Mail, and now his production company, Par Avion. He extends the same exacting standard to his personal style: the Anderson & Sheppard tailoring, the round glasses, and, last but not least, his hair. Who better to face our questions on fashion sense and other sensibilities? At long last, and just in time for our third men’s issue, Carter sits in DRESS CODE’s Haute Seat.

First impression: Generally, with a mouthful of food.
Scent: Hermès.
Watch: Hermès.
Sunglasses: Old ones made by hand by a fellow who had a cupboard-size shop on Houston Street in the 80s.
Pajamas: A nightshirt.