Just recently, I did the impossible: I interviewed Vivienne Westwood. THE Vivienne Westwood. It was at the opening night of her new Melrose boutique (her first U.S. flagship store, mind you), and I sauntered in quite late, skipping the red carpet entirely. Of course, the ideal scenario would be to speak to the designer herself, but I knew it might be tricky with Westwood.
Plenty of naysayers said it couldn’t be done, PR urged me to relax and enjoy the party and other reporters timidly stood back watching from afar. I saw that she was within arm’s reach, so I carefully studied the crowd and confidently knew I could snag this interview. I didn’t fight tooth and nail, I didn’t push my way through crowds and I didn’t hound after the designer like an anxious, pushy nimwit. It wasn’t hard at all, actually, which tends to be the case for me when given these circumstances. Vivienne was polite and gracious and almost ethereal in this super-human way. She candidly spoke about her admiration for L.A. (who knew?!) and confessed that the stunning, spacious new boutique still needed a lot of work (black ceilings, for starters, she told me!)
The crowd was eccentric (Marilyn Manson, Dita von Teese, Christina Hendricks, Mischa Barton, Anna Kendrick and more), and for the first time, it felt like L.A. finally stepped up their fashion game and went all out.
See for yourself:
**Check out my official write-up here.
And yes, that is Marilyn Manson directly behind me in that pic. Ha!
Mie says
Haha looks fabulous! I'm glad you got the chance to and went for it!!!
This definitely is a break through in your career! You go girl!