(My inspiration) was so strong with 'Love. Angel. Music. Baby.. I knew exactly what I wanted to do, and it was just like I had such a fire of inspiration. |
[She said:] I tried out for 'Mr and Mrs Smith'. I did, like, 40 try-outs for that, I met with the director and everything, and I really wanted to do it. ... I was so upset about it, but it won't stop me. Movies are a challenge for me, and I do like a challenge. |
[This blown-out fashion extravaganza is a far cry from her more humble beginnings as a teenager in Anaheim, California, in the heart of Orange County. There, she'd follow her mother to the fabric store and her mom would let her choose her own buttons, zippers, and threads and encouraged her to make her own clothes. Gwen's taste evolved, and she went from wearing tomboyish overalls, jumpers, and baseball caps to finding pegged men's pajama bottoms and making corset-style drop-waist dresses with cheerleader skirts, which she'd pair with boxer shorts, fishnets and Doc Martens.] That was it, ... Suddenly you hit puberty, and it's like, you know, thrift stores! I just started deconstructing everything from thrift stores. |
[What she does possess in spades is a knack for pulling her design team squarely into her corner by exuding a quality as rare as black pearls in the world of style: a rigorously self-enforced humility.] I have a huge ego, let's face it, ... But at the end of the day I don't need to raise my hand and say, 'Look at me; I did this part, I did that.' |
[While there were rumors the No Doubt singer might not attend, she arrived early and smiling.] It's been a huge year, ... A year ago I remember driving up with [No Doubt] playing them the songs for the first time. |
All I wanted to do was make a dance record. Not even that — a stupid dance record. |
Being in a band you can wear whatever you want - it's like an excuse for halloween everyday. |
Don't shave, don't shower, don't care. Be really stinky and wear the same clothes every day. I think what makes a man sexy is not being self-aware. That's what's really cute to me. |
Going on tour without them, I felt like I was cheating. We've been a band for 18 years. None of this was expected. Just like the pregnancy too. I'm sure everybody's wondering how this is all going to turn out. |
I don't expect to fit in right away but I do sense that the fashion world is rooting for me, too. I'm not being treated like a celebrity wannabe fashion designer. But even if I was, it doesn't really matter because I'm doing this for me ... but it does feel really good when you have a hit, |
I don't like to assume anything; I'm just learning, The top is the Chanel dress that I wore last year. |
I feel very defensive about that question today. I'm very, very hands-on. I sewed the rhinestones on the wedding dress today. It's my passion, and every bit of the collection starts here. |
I made out with the keyboard player from Fishbone, and he tried to take advantage of the situation and I was not about to, and he got really mad. |
I remember when I was in school, they would ask, ''What are you going to be when you grow up?'' and then you'd have to draw a picture of it. I drew a picture of myself as a bride. |
I think everyone has gifts and everyone has talents. If you are successful at it, it feels really good but it never really penetrates completely. |