Chloe Sevigny

[haute femme]

a few more watermarked at the game.. wonder what she did to crack up jay-z and beyonce ?



getty

 

[classicalbang]

I thought I'd scan the interview from the Cheap Date Guide to Style since only the pictures were posted....



my scans

 

[ChloeFrancoise]

Thanks for that. I was trying to find that book in the store today since I wanted to flip through it to see if I really wanted it, but I could only find other style books there.

 

[classicalbang]

^ You're welcome. I highly recommend the book, it's not your run-of-the-mill style guide. It doesn't give out mundane tips like what length you skirt should be. I view it as more of a book filled with inspiration. It's even gotten me out of a fashion rut or two.

 

[ChloeFrancoise]

That's why I wanted it.

 

[North]

Thank you so much so scanning those, it's a great book! Her style influences are so eclectic.

 

[Sylphide]

I am intrigued by the Cheap Date book. I clipped an article about Bay Garnett in Teen Vogue years ago! However the book is stocked in Sportsgirl (a very popular chainstore) in Australia... how depressing. Now every other high school girl will have it. (Yes, I know I am a snob.)

Oh and for those who are interested, here is the pic of Lauren Hutton in the tux Chloe mentions- not sure about that one Chloe!

 

[North]

I don't think that she looks terribly bad. You get the idea with the outfit. The shoes could have been changed but otherwise you know she's trying to do a simplistic tuedo outfit. It does look dated though and those pom poms! Blasphemy.

I picked up the book in Sportsgirl as well! Mind you Sylphide, it's 40 dollars and school girls won't spend that much on a book!

 

[North]

http://dont-trip-yet.blogspot.com/2008/12/chloe-sevingy-covers-missbehave.html

AND SEASON THREE BIG LOVE PEEK!

from chloesevigny.org

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk_Q1FcJNd8

and i found this behind the scenes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mWNXX_Jg1I

 

[classicalbang]

She looks beautiful on the cover of Missbehave. I really love her hair.

 

[ChloeFrancoise]

I think part of the reason Chloe mentioned the Lauren Hutton look is because she didn't have over done hair or plastered on makeup and didn't look plastic and boring as people normally look on the red carpet.

 

[deschanel]

SO excited for BL. Thanks for the teaser!

 

[ChrissyM]

LOVE the cover
i think her hair looks great like that and the dress is cool

and thanks for the big love preview as well!

looks like we're in store for a lot of drama... i'm thinking the daughter gets pregnant...
but i'm starting to get off topic so i'll shut up

 

[classicalbang]

Chloe walking for Milk Fed in 1995. She appears around the 0:17 mark.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiIYIHVaEHY

 

[*bambam*]

missbehave cover is amazin! her hair is gorgeous

 

[deschanel]

Thanks for the video!

 

[North]

Click the image to see it larger!



Chloe Interviewed by Marc Jacobs for Missbehave magazine:

What did you think of the looks of the women living on the polygamist ranch in Texas?
I love any sort of uniform that religious people take on, be it the Amish or the Hasidic. You know those women started selling dresses online? Our costume department bought a bunch and the fabrics are horrible. They’re really ugly in person. It’s the thickest polyester you’ve ever seen in your life. My character isn’t that extreme, obviously, but I am very covered up, so whenever I come to the set in short shorts it’s like I’m walking around naked. I was so happy about their hairdos because everybody always asks me, ‘Why do you have that horrible hair on the show?’ And I say, ‘You don’t know, that’s how they all wear their hair!’ Nobody believes me.
What do you think of doing television?
In general, I’ve really enjoyed it. I’ve never done network television except for one episode of Will & Grace, which I found frightening. Everyone was so on. The jokes were so broad and I was never that kind of actress so it was difficult for me. But Big Love has been the best experience.

Do you think actors are weird?.
I generally don’t fraternize with many actors. I only have one actor friend, Natasha Lyonne, and she’s out of the ordinary. But I think most actors are crazy, neurotic, insane people, so I try to avoid hanging out with them. Most actors are pretty self-obsessed.
What do you like that’s corny? Not cool corny, but actually corny? For example, the Broadway musical Mamma Mia! is corny, not cool corny.
I don’t know what I like that’s corny. I can’t think of anything off of the top of my head.
Do you like the Indigo Girls?
I never liked the Indigo Girls.
Not even “Galileo”?
Uh, I don’t think I’m familiar with that song.
Do you ever make deliberately contrary style choices because it’s fun or interesting or challenging? No. I’m a huge fashion fan. I’m very aware of what’s happening in the fashion world, and I’m a fan of so many designers. I have worn designers that I think might need help, but never anything contrary. I’ve made some brave choices, people say, but maybe it’s just something that I like that’s fashion-forward and people don’t understand it. But it’s not on purpose. It’s never really something I’ve thought out.
So there is not a lot of irony. It’s just what you actually think is beautiful?
Yeah.
How has your style changed as you get older?
In my personal style, at least in my day-to-day wear, I’ve wanted to draw less attention to myself. I think when I was younger I wore more outlandish outfits, maybe seeking some sort of attention perhaps, but now I’d like to blend a little more.
How about when you have to go to events?
You’ve seemed more polished recently, more accessible. That’s me trying to play the Hollywood game a little bit, to be honest! [laughs] Those pictures are around forever, so I want to have more of a classic or timeless look.
Do the Hollywood kids get what’s amazing about you? Did they get you on the Will & Grace set? I’m sure there was a reason they asked you to be on the show.
Yeah, but Edie Falco was guest starring in the same episode and I think she kind of stole my thunder a little bit. [laughs]
Is the counterculture important to you?
I think so. It’s something that I’ve always sort of been a part of and something that I want to maintain, to have a foot in that world.
It’s interesting to see how counterculture continues to be a part of our lives as we get older. Even if you’re not a teenager or a twentysomething any longer, there’s still a real connection to it.
Thank goodness.
Do you feel like an adult? Or are you not constrained by those categories?
I don’t feel like an adult yet, but I definitely don’t feel like a teenager. When I go out and I see more and more young kids, I feel like I don’t want to be the old lady in the room. I don’t think half of them even know who I am, probably.
Seriously?
I don’t know! [laughs] Not to be totally vain, but I would hope that maybe I had some sort of impact on their lives in some small way.
What movies make you cry?
I saw this movie last year with Charlotte Gainsbourg called The Golden Door that made me cry a lot. It was an immigration story about a family from Italy coming to America.
What’s your favorite comedy?
Being There by Hal Ashby. I like the subtle humor, the music, the way it was shot, the performances, the overall concept of this guy being mistaken for somebody that he isn’t. I love all of Hal Ashby’s movies, he’s one of my favorite directors.
Do you like anything pop? All of your references are really impressive and I just want you to like an Indigo Girls song.
[laughs] I go to see lots of pop movies like Forgetting Sarah Marshall and the other stupid comedies. I think they’re funny and escapist but I don’t listen to any pop music. I don’t think I’ve bought a pop record in I don’t know how many years. Other than an R. Kelly record or something. [pause] I like Christina Aguilera.
Which period of Christina Aguilera?
Like the “Beautiful” song. Is that corny? That makes me cry a little.
It’s a really beautiful song.
And I did like that Fergie song where she talks about crying.
“Big Girls Don’t Cry”?
[laughs] Yes! I ran into her recently and she came up to me and told me she has a girl-crush on me and she was like two feet tall and had a lot of makeup on but seemed really sweet.
What did you say when Fergie told you she had a girl crush on you?
I was like, “No, you’ve got to be kidding.” And she was like, “I do!” And was really flirty. And I was like, “I’m flattered.”
Where were you?
I was at a Cartier event in Bel Air. And I sat next to Joel Madden and Nicole Richie. I kept trying to engage Nicole, but she was just pushing her food around her plate and drinking a diet soda and wouldn’t really engage me. But Joel’s very nice.
I like Nicole. I think she’s really funny.
I do too! I always admire people who are really witty because I feel like I don’t have a very quick wit and so I really wanted to engage her. Plus we’re sitting at a dinner table and everyone’s really stiff and you want to laugh a little. But she wouldn’t give me anything! I was so disappointed.
It sounds like you might not take Hollywood events too seriously.
I don’t. And usually I get to bring friends but that night I couldn’t find anybody who wanted to go, and I don’t have many friends in Los Angeles to begin with and most of them are gay boys. I try to have fun at those events but I mean, what are we doing there, really? At the charity ones it’s obvious, but otherwise I don’t know.
What role have you always wanted to play?
I’d like to do a period piece, some sort of tortured woman. I wanted to play Sylvia Plath forever, but Gwyneth did that. Maybe Zelda Fitzgerald or Jane Bowles?
Do you want to have a family?
I definitely want a family.
What does that mean to you?
I want to have my own little unit. I think having a child is something I naturally have the desire to do. As a woman I feel it. Strongly.
When would this happen?
I would hope before I’m 38, in the next four years or so. Because I would not want to have to do it with help, you know drugs or whatnot. You never know.
What baby names do you like?
I like Lula, like Carson McCullers the author, whose real name is Lula Carson Smith. I also like Frances. But Courtney Love already called her kid Frances. I like Sylvia, too.
You wouldn’t name your daughter Rumer?
No. I like more old-fashioned names, like Pearl. Nothing too earthy or bohemian, I’m not really into that.
Were you ever?
No. Well, in high school I was kind of a hippie.
Kind of a hippie?
[laughs] Yes. I think it was the acid. It made me fall in love with the earth and not wear shoes.

I think acid is underrated, especially in 2008 when it seems to be fairly irrelevant.
I actually have older friends who take mushrooms. One friend in particular says it’s like dental floss for the brain. He loves them and takes them all the time and he’s in his forties.
Wow.
I know. I haven’t done them since I was 18 and I’m not sure I could handle it again. But it was fun when I did do it.
I think whippits are also underrated.
I could never do whippits. I did poppers though, in England, on the dance floor. My friend Alana and I used to take them and listen to Fischerspooner. [laughs] I’m probably going to get in a lot of trouble for this interview. My publicist is already enraged by my intro to Lesley (Arfin)’s book.
Really?
A little bit. [My publicist and I] have a good relationship. I like her a lot. She’s kind of like my conscience. She’s a little bit like my mother. Strongly judgmental. But that’s okay.
It’s good to have that voice. It is! [laughs] And it’s sort of softer coming from her than my mother.
Would you ever have a fantasy wedding? I have a fantasy wedding. There’s this little white church, kind of like the one where Carolyn Bessette was married, in Connecticut where I grew up, and there’s this big park in New Canaan with a big mansion on it and I would have my reception there, and that’s my fantasy wedding. I had songs and a man, but now that’s over and I have to come up with another guy and other songs.
Is it odd when the culture decides you’re the cool girl?
Or is it just what life is like for you after dealing with it for so many years? I imagine it’s strange. It is strange. It used to bother me more than it does now. I think I’m too old to be the cool girl anymore. I’ve always been attracted to people in the arts, who I’ve always idolized and still do, like Jim Jarmusch and Patti Smith, different musicians, filmmakers, and artists. And I think just being associated with cool people has rubbed off on me.
Do you get it that for a lot of people you’re in that league?
I don’t know. Is it bad to say I hope so?
I don’t think there’s anything bad about hoping you can affect people.
Yeah, in whatever small way. I hope a young actress might see me and the choices I’ve made and be inspired to try and do something different than the regular road. I mean there are plenty of actresses out there doing great work, like Samantha Morton, who always makes great choices.
Do you consider yourself a regular girl?
No. Obviously I’m not, with the situation that I’m in and being known and stuff. I don’t think I was ever a regular girl. Whatever that is.
Are you surprised that all of this happened to you?
Sometimes I am. Yeah, I am. I started acting when I was 18, which is pretty young. I kept pursuing it because the money was good and I enjoyed doing it and now that I’m here I’m like, ‘Whoa,’ unless I marry really wealthy, I’m kind of stuck in this. Not that it’s a bad place to be stuck. I love it and I love being on the show, and I’m going to keep pursuing a movie career even though it’s been frustrating over the past few years, especially with the strike and working on the show and never being available because of the schedule.
It seems that you’re in a more charmed position than a lot of working people in Hollywood, because you’re not only known as an actor.
That can be good, but it can also be bad. You know, ‘Well she’s the fashion girl, she doesn’t really act.’ I don’t think that people give me enough credit as an actress. Not that I think I’m the world’s greatest, but I’ve done a lot of good work. I’m hoping one day I’ll be [laughs], this sounds silly, but you know how Wes Anderson hires Anjelica Huston in all of his movies? Maybe when I’m an older woman there’ll be some hot young director that’ll go, ‘Remember that girl who was big in the 90’s?’ And hire me.

http://www.missbehavemag.com/back-issues/issue-10/concrete-blonde/

 

[classicalbang]

^ Thanks for posting. I always enjoy reading Chloe's interviews... she's just so cool.

 

[deschanel]

I don’t know! [laughs] Not to be totally vain, but I would hope that maybe I had some sort of impact on their lives in some small way.

You've certainly impacted my life, Chloe!

I find the flow of an interview is always better when famous people interview other famous people. Thanks for posting!

 

[Carrme]

I love her hair on the cover with the braid. Her and Marc are hilarious.