Yves St Laurent driving loafers

'I know what looks good and feels good and that is enough for me,' said Liam Gallagher

Would you tell Liam Gallagher he looks like a man in a white coat? No, nor would we (we were scared even to mention the leopard-print loafers)

'No, no, no, no, no,' shouts Liam Gallagher, rolling his eyes.
'The day I ask my missus for advice on what I should wear, I'll just pack it all in and go home.
'I know what looks good on me and that is as far as it goes. No one can tell me what to wear. I do what I like.'
I'd innocently enquired whether the multimillionaire Oasis frontman, better known for lager and brawling, might possibly have been influenced by his pop-star wife in launching a clothes label called Pretty Green. Clearly not.
'But then I don't interfere with her either,' he continues. 'She'll come down and ask how she looks and I'll go, "Great", but the minute you say anything, like "What about that?" or "That looks better", they bite your head off . You can't win man, not ever.'
His label's style is 'subtle', he explains, his wide Manchester accent unaltered by years down south.
'No big stripes, nothing flash or loud. It's classic stuff - trench coats, parkas, desert boots, nice cashmeres. Nothing wild, man - just good clobber. It's more about style than fashion - because it's me and I won't take any notice of trends. I don't do fashion. In my opinion a girl has to look like a girl and a lad look like a lad. Look at them pointed shoes. They're for girls and that. I don't like those skin-tight jeans, either. I don't mind a bit of slim, but I can't tell whether you're a chick or a bloke...
'A lot of people are having a pop at these,' he says, plonking a foot on the table to show me his faux (I hope) leopard skin, Yves St Laurent driving loafers.

'They're my pride and joy. I love them.'