What Jason Wu Can’t Live Without

I have a uniform. I’m always wearing either black or navy. I spend all day thinking about how to dress other people, so I love the ease of not having to think about what I wear. This shirt just fits really well, and I’ll buy them a dozen at a time. I’m usually dashing out the door, so I can just throw it on and not have to worry about it.

I love these sneakers so much. I met the co-founder Ryan Babenzien through a mutual friend years ago, and I’ve been wearing these sneakers ever since. They’re comfortable and made in Italy — I’m on my feet all day, every day, so I need comfortable sneakers.

Anyone who knows me knows that I don’t use a computer or iPad — I use my phone to do 100 percent of my work. That means I’m on my phone 24/7, and this is the most powerful charger I’ve ever used; it gives me two full charges a day, so I bring it with me everywhere.

I don’t have a complicated beauty regimen, but this is something I’ve been using for a while. I keep it in the fridge to freshen me up because it’s like a toner and made from organic grapes or something to give me really great skin.

I have been drawing with a Sharpie for a few decades and truly do bring it with me everywhere, because when I go to Europe or Asia, they don’t have Sharpies out. I guess it’s much more of an American thing, so I literally bring it with me everywhere. My design team uses all of these fancy pencils, but I like just the most basic things. I use it for everything — to sketch, to write notes, to draw on muslin.

These are a lifesaver after a long trip. Sometimes I have to go straight to work from the plane and would look completely busted without using this. The mask helps immensely on a red-eye. It’s like magic. I use it the second I get off the plane. Sometimes I even use it on the plane. I look like an idiot, but I don’t care.

Aesop is one of my favorite skin brands because I just like how simple it is — you can tell I like to keep my personal-care products very minimal but high quality. It’s kind of how I live my life; that also describes how I am as a behind-the-scenes person.

So I’ve been working on this for the past year, and it’s a project inspired by my childhood smells, especially the jasmine in Taiwan. It was important to me to have something personal attached to the first fragrance I did.