The Avatar star is on the cover of Gotham Magazine September 2012 Issue and talks about fashion. Let’s see what the gorgeous Zoe Saldana. Zoe has always been one of my top 10 greatest fashion icons. Let’s see where her amazing fashion sense comes from. “My grandmother and great-grandmother were seamstresses their whole lives, so when my grandmother moved to New York in the ‘60s, she worked for design houses throughout the city. She really loved fabrics and textiles, so it was natural to my family. Fashion wasn’t like a religion to us, but it is in my ancestry. It was never about luxury; it was about art”. Looks like still from the early ages the diva has the right path. She really is an inspiration to many fashionistas, such as myself This is also the star’s first memory of fashion. What inspired me most was her view on Coco Chanel’s designs and how it came to shape her fashion style, “It wasn’t too feminine, and it wasn’t too plain; it was just woman, where you saw that the fashion had a personality. It was very androgynous, and that’s what appealed to me because I could inhabit it with everything that comprised the kind of woman I wanted to be”.
Over the years, her fashion sense has come grow and expand, read on to find out her favorite designers, “Well, Prabal Gurung is one of my closest friends. We came up at the same time in New York, so he and I were sort of parallel in our trajectory, and we bonded so much because he is a very beautiful person and he felt familiar to me. He is an artist, a true artist. I see his art, and I just truly believe in it. It really touches me. But then, I can also have that same kind of love for classic designers whom I have never met and whom I may never have the chance to. The designers that I love? Chanel, Gucci, Versace, Halston, Balmain, Ralph Lauren, Alaïa. See, I can’t even say it in English because I am literally saying it the way my grandmother says it, the way my mother says it. My entire sense of fashion is shaped by my family, especially my grandmother, and knowing whom she would think about. And that’s my education, my relationship with fashion is truly inherited”. As the beautiful actress goes on in the interview she opens up about her favorite piece of clothing in her wardrobe, “There’s this Azzedine Alaïa dress I have that makes me feel like I am collecting art. Collecting from certain designers is like collecting art and will always remain as memorable as the very first Chanel bag that I bought myself”.
She does have an intricate eye and unique sense on fashion; she has a lot to offer, so we can all learn something from her. Check out the Gotham Magazine September 2012 Issue of Zoe Saldana with a few inspiring photos.
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