Cannes Film Festival 2009: Tilda Swinton wearing dresses from Haider Ackerman Fall/Winter 2009/2010 collection.

”I can’t actually remember first meeting Haider,” Swinton says. ”I’m guessing it was in super-off-duty circumstances, possibly singing Chinese karaoke, but it was about seven years ago. I have been wearing his clothes since I first saw them. He has become a very good friend, and we feel in close sync in terms of general sensibility.” Safe to say that Swinton’s style is anything but prissy: ”There is something very louche about Haider’s dresses — they feel like good dresses to be completely at ease in.”