Paul Costelloe on the Trumps: 'Whether you agree with his politics or not, the family are outrageously smart-looking'

Noel Baker talks Trump, superficiality and style with Paul Costelloe ahead of his show at London Fashion Week

Designer Paul Costelloe walks down the catwalk after his show during London Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2009 on September 14, 2008 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

Praise for the Trumps' sense of style, throwing a touch of shade on the Irish dress sense, how Marvel blockbusters beat The Crown, and outlining how “superficiality wins out” — we’re delighted to report that Paul Costelloe is as candidly sharp and gloriously blunt as ever.

And why wouldn’t he be? Now aged 79, he’s already planning for Spring 2026, still sketching and designing, continuing a cycle that began all those years ago at the the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture in Paris before working in Milan and with Princess Diana in the mid-1980s.