- Now, I know how to paint you guys,
so if anyone needs anything, wall paint, window paint,
I'm around.
Hi, I'm Irina Shayk,
and today I'm gonna let Elle ask me anything.
(gentle music)
What does a typical day look like for me?
Well, I get up at 7:00 am, very last minute,
cook my daughter breakfast, prep her for school,
bring her to school, go work out, do my appointments,
pick her up from school.
So it's basically my schedule surrounded
with my daughter's schedule.
But if my daughter's not with me,
I love to be in bed till 10:00 am,
and have a breakfast in bed.
Easy. (laughs)
I would probably say Jane Fonda.
You know, I think she's so much fun
and she has a great sense of humor
so, Jane Fonda.
Who is my biggest inspiration in the fashion industry?
It's my dear friend Riccardo Tisci.
He's so amazing and he's so much fun. He's so creative.
He's definitely, you know, a biggest inspiration
of young generation.
And Edward Enninful because I think he brought a new wave
of new vision into fashion.
Donatella Versace, she's a strong, powerful woman.
The best advice I've ever received from my mom,
take no, and turn into a yes and I'm Capricorn,
so I'm very stubborn.
How do I respond to negative?
I think I just take everything
with kind of like sense of humor,
you know, I love to laugh with my friends
and make fun of myself and my friends.
So, I don't know.
I think there is no space of negativity in my life
and I'm kind of concentrated only on positive.
What's my favorite thing about motherhood?
It's the honesty of my daughter.
She would call me in anything I would do.
She likes to make fun of me in a like silly, funny way.
I think it's the best
because she's just very straight honest
and she's really funny and she's like my best friend.
My favorite look that I worn in a red carpet?
I think what I wore for a red carpet
in Cannes Film Festival.
Mowalola, I love her.
I think she is the new vision of the young generation.
And it was like this leather skirt
and kind of like cropped top.
It was like very open and a little bit provocative
and sexy for the red carpet.
But I think she's a woman who understands woman.
Do I have fashion regrets?
I kind of don't have any regrets.
I think it sounds a little silly,
but it's like I think you learn from your mistakes.
And there is so many pictures out there where I look
and I was like, it's absolutely not me,
but at least you have something to laugh about, right?
So, no regrets.
My first ever job, I was painting a hospital room
for like 31 days because I wanted to get a high heel shoes.
It was my summer job and I got like $8 for a whole month.
It was pretty harsh, you know,
because you have to like paint from eight to five every day.
And now I know how to paint you guys,
so if anyone needs anything, wall paints,
window paints, I'm around.
(laughs)
My first ever money that I got,
I was working in some exhibition, like some crazy hours.
I think it was like seven day job
and it was a hundred dollars paid
and it was a lot of money for me.
And my mom wanted a new sofa, so I collected this money
and I sent it to her and she got a new sofa.
And she was so excited.
So that was my first ever money spent on my mom's sofa.
I wish we had it, the sofa, but we don't.
I think cattle dogs had pee on it or something like that.
Yeah, I grew up playing piano and singing in choir.
Don't ask me to sing,
because it would not be cute right now, for sure.
My mom is a classical pianist
and I think what made me fall in love with music,
and, is hearing her playing piano every day.
I mean, of course Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Beethoven,
like classical music has definitely made me fall in love
with music.
And now music, it's you know, my everyday life,
When I wake up with music,
or go to bed, listening music so, yeah.
If I would only have three things in a fashion wardrobe,
I mean, sweatpants.
Well I wear sweatpants for Met Gala after the party.
I just love to be comfortable.
I know this is not what everyone want to hear,
but I definitely, sweatpants in my closet.
A little black dress that you can reuse it.
I love recycling clothes, so black, little dress,
sweat pants, and some comfortable shoes.
Yeah.
What's my ever favorite fashion piece that I own?
Okay, I shouldn't say that,
but I'm really big at taking shoes from a fashion shows.
Okay, so-
(laughs)
when you, when you walk to my shoe closet,
you can see shows that I did and shoes,
you know, so if I do a show and there a shoe missing,
do not call me. Okay?
I'm not giving it back.
So probably is this really cool Givenchy boots,
they kind of like high up the knee with like a color heel.
I think it's, it was from like Egyptian collection.
I love those shoes, I love it, love it, love it.
So I'm definitely saving and passing to my daughter.
So it would probably be those and I took them from the show.
I'm really proud of it by the way.
What is my bucket list?
Well kind of say like don't tell your dreams
otherwise they don't come true.
But a couple of photographers that I wanna work with
and definitely on my bucket list is more travel.
I've never been to Australia and New Zealand.
And I want to go back to Madagascar
because it's my favorite, favorite, favorite place to go.
So definitely a job goals, travel,
spend more time with my family.
Yeah, that's my bucket list.
My beauty mantra is definitely stay away from the sun,
drink tons of water and definitely a lot of sleep.
When you're rested, you feel so much more energized
and I think just be happy, you know.
Because when you're happy, I think you glow from inside out.
I'm really, really, really excited to shoot for Elle.
The team, the energy,
a rainy day in New York
and just can't wait to see pictures.
Thank you so much for hanging out with me and Elle today.
Hope you guys had fun.
And check out my cover that is out now.