BONUS: Spice Girls & Relentless Name Droppers with THE Kenny Ho
Restless Natives with Martin Compston & Gordon Smart
Global
4.9 • 674 Ratings
🗓️ 1 March 2024
⏱️ 18 minutes
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For this week's bonus episode we welcome the man, the myth, the legend, the stylist behind Martin Compston, THE Kenny Ho. Kenny chats about his work with The Spice Girls, how he began his career, being the ultimate resourceful rascal calling up Alexander McQueen, working with Bowie and throwing shade at Martin.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:14.4 | Welcome to the Friday bonus ball. |
| 0:18.3 | And in break from normal tradition, |
| 0:20.6 | we've got a different introduction today because it's time to Kenny State. |
| 0:27.5 | Can't believe it, you guys. I'm here. |
| 0:29.3 | The man, the myth and legend, Kenny Ho is with us. |
| 0:32.9 | I mean, I've had so many revelations today but the main one is that Kenny Ho supports Hibbs. |
| 0:36.9 | This isn't a football podcast. |
| 0:38.6 | We Kenny Ho grew up in Edinburgh. |
| 0:40.3 | Yes, I was brought up in Edinburgh and I went to a couple of Hips games as a kid. |
| 0:44.4 | Amazing, Kenny. |
| 0:45.2 | Kenny, how does a guy from Edinburgh that went to Stuart's Melville end up being a stylist for the Spice Girls? |
| 0:51.0 | Well, what happened was I went to Stuart's Melville, which is very much of an academic school, |
| 0:56.0 | and I know that I wasn't very good at academia at all. I was more towards the arts side of it. |
| 1:01.8 | So my mum really encouraged me to pursue that side of my interests. And at that time, I wanted to do costume design. |
| 1:09.8 | And the only place in the UK that has specialises it in it is Wimbledon School of Art. |
| 1:16.8 | So I was able to get a grant anniversary to come to London to study. |
| 1:21.8 | Of course, unheard of now, right? |
| 1:23.5 | Amazing. |
| 1:24.0 | But yeah, it was really fortunate. |
| 1:25.8 | What year was that, Kenny? |
| 1:27.8 | No. A long time ago. year was that, Kenny? No. |
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