MEET THE MODELS THAT MADE A MARC: VAUGHAN OLLIER STARS IN MARC JACOBS SS20 CAMPAIGN
thelovemagazine
29 JAN 2020
Interview by
ISABELLA BOREMAN
MARC JACOBS left an imprint on the world last season. His feverish performance for SS20 saw a high-spirited and frivolous display where models broke the fourth wall and became at one with the audience. From innocent winks, blowing kisses and singing along to the assauging lyrics, Jacobs had mastered a spectacle that reminded the fashion industry to pause amongst the chaos and served an honest reminder to sometimes just make it fun. Marking her first debut catwalk, model
VAUGHAN OLLIER, shares her introductions to modelling, working with
STEVEN MEISEL for the house's latest campaign, and how to survive fashion week.
Name: Vaughan Elizabeth Ollier
Age: 23
Hometown: Coffs Harbor, Australia/Dallas, Texas
Party trick: I really love to dance and move and just lose myself in the moment. So if there’s a dance floor you better believe I will start doing everything from jazz hands, to voguing, the running man and really random splits. I’m not an extremely talented dancer but I am the most enthusiastic on the dance floor.
LOVE: How did you get into modelling ?
Vaughan Elizabeth Ollier: It was my 17th birthday and I was walking around the mall with my friends in Dallas, Texas. I accidentally pushed into a woman outside a store and she turned out to be the owner of a modelling agency and she asked me to come in for a meeting. I was always in school but once I finished university in Australia I wanted to try out modelling and explore my creative side.
LOVE: Who are your modelling icons and why?
VEO:
TWIGGY,
KATE MOSS, and
NAOMI CAMPBELL. They are all such strong and smart women that had to work incredibly hard to get to where they are today. I find their work ethic really inspiring.
LOVE: What was the first fashion image that inspired you to become a model?
VEO: Either the close up photo of Twiggy from the '60s with the big eyelashes or the photo of Audrey Hepburn smoking a cigarette in Breakfast at Tiffany’s. I loved black and white photos as kid they were always so dramatic and enchanting.
LOVE: What has been your proudest moment to date?
VEO: Opening Marc Jacobs SS20 show last season, I had never walked a big show or worked with any big designer before. I was so nervous when I found out I was opening the show-literally shaking was shaking like a leaf. The inspiration for my look was Shelley Duvall so I channelled all the drama from my inner Shelley and sauntered down the runway leading the pack of girls and charged straight through the audience. It was such an amazing experience working with Marc and the team.
LOVE: If you could change anything about the industry what would it be?
VEO: I’d like to make people remember that fashion is fun. What we do and what we are a part of is fun and creative, so every once and a while we should all stop and laugh and just enjoy the moment. Fashion shouldn’t always be taken so seriously-we are making art!
LOVE: What do you do when you’re not modelling?
VEO: Pilates! You don’t really know me unless you know my love of Pilates. I take classes, and I studied for my instructor certification a few months ago so I spend 90% of my time when I’m not modeling either teaching or taking pilates classes.
LOVE: What would you be if you weren’t a model?
VEO: So I would probably be in Law school or getting my masters in Social Research. I’m fascinated by social justice and would love to work for the United Nations or a non profit that helps support underprivileged women.
LOVE: Tell us something no one else knows about you?
VEO: I am a huge nerd, and people are shocked when I tell them I was one of the captains of my high school Mock Trial team haha.
LOVE: What’s your top tip for surviving fashion weeks?
VEO: Sleep, lots of coffee, and when fashion month is over dance your heart out!
LOVE: Was was the best part of working on the Marc Jacobs campaign?
VEO: Working with everyone there! It was really amazing you could feel the creative energy from everyone in the room. Between Marc,
STEVEN,
KATIE,
GUIDO,
PAT and us girls you couldn’t have wished for better vibes on set.
LOVE: How did you feel in your MJ look on set?
VEO: I felt on top of the world. Really it was an experience I will never forget dancing to rock and roll in that gold dress with the team cheering, and Steven snapping and dancing with me-seriously phenomenal.
LOVE: Do you have an on set story you could share with us?
VEO: I don’t get emotional but that day was really incredible. Working with Marc, Steven, Katie, Guido, Pat and all the other models was amazing I knew we had made something special. So when we wrapped and I left set I got home and literally started crying tears of absolute joy and just happiness. It was really amazing, and I feel so lucky to have those memories and be apart of the MJ family.
LOVE: What’s next for you?
VEO: I want to keep exploring the world and finding out who I am and what I can do. It’s a crazy time in society and I’d like to focus on how I can grow creatively, and keep developing as a person.
LOVE: If you could host a dinner party with five people dead or alive who would you invite?
VEO: Barack and
MICHELLE OBAMA, Adele, Ellen, and Joaquin Phoenix. I think that would be a great mix, music, politics and entertainment-it would definitely be an interesting night.
LOVE: What’s the biggest sacrifice you’ve had to make to become a model?
VEO: Sleep? And probably a routine. It’s hard to keep a daily routine when every day is new, different and in a new place. But that’s also what makes modeling so exciting, it’s that lack of stagnation.
