Did you always intend to go into acting, or was it something that unfolded as you went into fashion?
It’s something that I’ve always been interested in. And I think, in a way, fashion for me has always been acting. I mean, what I enjoy most about fashion is being able to become the character, being able to ask the designer, who is the woman that’s wearing this? It gives me the most gratification when I’m able to build the world around the clothing. [Acting] came naturally, but obviously it was in the back of my head. When I was a kid, I did classes and stuff. With fashion, the time constraints or the time needed to be in fashion is a lot. So I think it was just difficult. I’m blessed to be at a point in my fashion career and also in the [acting] projects that are coming to me, that it isn’t impossible to do both.
I’m putting work into being a better actress. It’s a really exciting endeavor for me, especially considering all the projects that I’ve done that are coming out. There’s a lot of diversity within the projects. I did American Horror Story, which is obviously a horror TV show, and then I have a comedy movie coming out, and then I also have a period piece coming out. It’s fun to be able to bounce around those. And fashion-wise, fab, honestly, the fashion in the films that I’ve done is quite fun. It’s nice because then I get to give my insight as someone in fashion to all the teams, and it feels like a real collaboration, which is my favorite part of any creative job.
