I can never get enough of Rihanna's
style the two opportunities beyond the
the cover shoots that we've done with
Rihanna that I was able to work with her
closely was the time that she performed
at the map and then this past year when
she was a co-chair she asked John
Galliano to design a look which was an
homage to the Catholic Church and she
had the look that she wore on the red
carpet made in three different fabrics
she had it made in cream she had it made
in gray and she had it made in black
each one was completely finished
completely perfect and there was a papal
tiara made to go with it
so it was obviously an homage to the
Holy Father where the Catholic Church
saw it that way I'm not so sure she and
John worked together so closely on that
very triumphant look and I think there's
a real love for fashion that Rihanna has
that is how lucky are we to be able to
enjoy it on the scale of one to ten how
important is comfort regardless of
setting
women everywhere are asking for comfort
very understandably I remember years ago
it used to be that women would wear
sneakers on the subway or walking to
work and then the middle it would get
into the office and go into their bags
and bring out their high heels and that
obviously is no longer the case there's
sneakers everywhere everything on the
runway is grounded today it's grounded
by a cowboy boot or a flat sandal I mean
if you want to take it to the furthest
degree I was so thrilled when we saw the
Chanel show in Paris this past October
and Karl took us back to a childhood
memory which was this island that he
used to go to when he was apparently
eight years old we walked into the Grand
Palais and he had recreated a beach and
the water was rolling up you know next
to our front-row seats and when the
girls came down they were walking
barefoot and to me particularly that one
moment when we had all been sitting
through horror-struck the Cavanagh
hearings to see women walk with freedom
and with us with a smile at a moment
when we needed it the most I thought was
exceptionally uplifting serious question
of course Park is great my question is
what are the five basic pieces that I
should definitely have in my closet it's
very important if you're a woman on the
go woman with a bit busy job and you
don't want to make too many mistakes
it's great to have a basic sweater a
basic pant or a skirt a basic coat maybe
a shoe that you just love whether it's a
sneaker or a flat or whatever it may be
but also very important to have one
piece that is really fun and different
and just makes you feel great about
yourself if it's within the budget is to
look for an incredible piece of jewelry
because to me that's the most uplifting
thing a woman can own Hannah I have a
black-tie event coming up what should I
do
black-tie events seem to make people
terrified and to me what I always like
to see is someone who is wearing
something at night that reflects their
personal style that they're not
following what they maybe mistakenly
think is a rule don't wear a boring
sequined dress or a debutante style
dress just because you feel you should I
get the most pleasure and the most
excitement and I think the person who's
wearing it does as well when I look at a
woman who's wearing something that I
feel looks just like her I mean I love
the way the way that Cara Delevingne
dresses the fact that she wore a morning
suit to the latest royal wedding and
looked incredible with the top hat I
mean to me that was a pure joy to see
and she's always either in super short
or a pantsuit which is exactly what the
designers are showing on the runway
right now and she always dresses for
herself I don't feel that she's ever
looking out a character out of step with
who she is
I couldn't possibly choose one too many
that are fabulous what do you think
separates are in fashion
and what do you think unites art in
fashion well there's a lot of bad art
and there's a lot of bad fashion so I
would say that unites them think that
art and fashion can come together and
they can be also completely separate and
fashion can be utilitarian and practical
and about keeping you warm or do sport
in or whatever it may be and that's not
saying that it isn't unimportant or not
useful or not fashionable but maybe it
doesn't need to be in a museum and then
you have great designers who are
thinking much more about fashion in a
cultural context or a political context
or in some kind of reflection of the
world that we're living that is fashion
on a different level it's created often
by hand it's created with a statement in
mind and then I think fashion can be
equally interesting and equally
important when it's being subversive
there's a young designer here in New
York Pierre Moss who took his audiences
to the historic community of Weeksville
in Brooklyn which is where freed slaves
were given a refuge so that in a way was
fashioned as a political statement but
I'm not sure that that's the same as
fashion as art I think fashion as
politics is very very relevant but
fashion as art I put in a separate
category
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