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When I'm not working, I want to be the version of the person that I was born to be. I was born with curly hair. It fits my personality, and it's totally who I am. I am rough around the edges, and I am not a polished girl.
Erin Wasson
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I am rough around the edges, and I am not a polished girl.
Erin Wasson
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My style has always been very free, easy, relaxed, and slightly androgynous.
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I think we are living in a world that is too perfect and things are too retouched. I want to scream at the top of my lungs 'our imperfections are what make us special'
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I think a lot of people know me for just wearing cut-off denim shorts, an oversized white T-shirt with a pair of high-heels. I usually do wear basic stuff. Jeans and a white T is my go-to look.
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My perspective is hard because I look at wardrobe from very much a guy's perspective. You look at my closet and I have pairs of black jeans and five button-downs, but one's silk, one's cotton. They all are slightly different, so that's my perspective.
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Each piece of jewellery tells a story of my life. Picking one particular piece as a favorite would be like taking a chapter out of a book.
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I've always been a girl with a massive opinion.
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My mother gave me a pair of diamond earrings when I was 13. It symbolised becoming a teenager. I also remember getting a collection of costume jewellery from my grandmother when I was in high school.
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I really like the idea of being utilitarian. My dream is to edit down my wardrobe and be very Japanese, where you have one rolling rack and it's like your four T-shirts, your five dresses, your two pairs of jeans.
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When I find something at a flea market or an antique store, it feels more special and I'm more inclined to want to wear it.
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I'm always "shopping," because I think it's important to know what's out there.
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I really believe in keeping your canvas very basic and sort of adding the accouterments from there. I look at creating intrigue with outfits through accessories.
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My hair is wild and free, but I've always been told that [straight hair] is more polished, and a more polished version of yourself is a better version of yourself. That it's more professional.
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When you're comfortable, you're more confident - I really believe that. If you're walking around in a dress or a pair of shoes that are uncomfortable, it reads all over you.
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I love heights. I love speed. Im on the verge of being a pyromaniac. Maybe my phobia is boredom.
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I think people find it weird that I have a lot of long antique-lace dresses that I wear with boots.
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I don't like precious things; I don't spend thousands of dollars on jewellery for myself. I like going into a junk store and finding something for five dollars. That's my style.
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I'm really not into that super-crazy-colour, smiley-faces-on-the-front-of-your-dress look. That's not my thing. You're not going to see me in pink. Or anything frilly. Or a tutu. Or bows.
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I don't have a background in design, so I think it's always about what I see in the world and what inspires me. So yes, I am designing for myself. I'm going through this whole evolution, which is a process of growing up and going from modeling to styling to designing.
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I loathe hair salons. People have always told me I am in the wrong business because I can't stand getting my hair cut or having it messed around with. Hairdressers feel as if they've got to be your shrinks. I just want them to do my hair so I can get out of there.
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I have literally just been in this place of zero fear. I just believe, as totally hippy bullsh*t as that sounds, anything's possible if you're willing to grab it and make it your own.
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I shop a lot more for furniture than I do for clothes. I much prefer going to an antique shop full of obscurities.
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I want to create a lifestyle niche for that cool girl who's really into fashion but not too obsessed with it.
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I love being a gypsy. Home is between New York and California.
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The people who really know me understand that I have a tough exterior, but I'm actually just a hippie at heart.
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I was a total jock growing up. I went to super-dorky basketball clinics and was handpicked to play on a state team called the Texas Heat.
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I've never been a girly-girl, never drawn to things that are fussy.
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When you aren't working, you really want to emulate the real version of yourself.
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Your skin is your largest organ, and it wants to breathe. There are so many times, like Fashion Week, when you [need to] think about all the stuff your skin and body have absorbed through makeup and products and all this stuff.
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I like the idea of not looking at trends, not being driven by them. I like what I like and that's it.
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I'm really a big believer in working with people. It's challenging for me to come into already integrated brands and find a way where I can put my own flair on it.
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I was in a business for years where the stylist styled me, and I was wearing things from other designers. I was just there to be a conduit to those things. To be lucky enough to be embraced, having branched out from being a model, has been the greatest gift ever.
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To be given the reins of creativity is a beautiful thing when you're used to just showing up to a casting and standing there having clothes put on you.
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Life is full of all sorts of things, and I never expected to be a part of this. I never expected to be a model. I never expected to be a stylist. Or a designer. So you never know.
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I'm a big believer in doing what you've got to do, but taking a breather when you can.
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I wouldn’t say I was really into fashion before modelling; I was into creation.
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Everything really needs to be paraben-free for me. I mean, because if I’m going to smoke cigarettes, then I need to be aware of all the other bullshit I’m putting into my body.
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I'm a huge Dallas Mavs fan. What I love about Dirk Nowitzki is he has just as much talent as everyone else, if not more, and he never toots his own horn. He's this silent warrior.
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When you can take something that is a reject at the thrift store sitting on the bottom of a pile of junk and make it work, make it look interesting, that's real style to me.
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I'm passionate about being true to myself, sending good energy to the people around me, traveling, staying inspired, being a good friend, being a good daughter, being a good sister.
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In the United States of America, we are so liberal-minded on so many different aspects, but for some reason there's always going to be this weird connection with nudity being a bad thing. American's can be so prude sometimes.
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The older I get, I'm definitely getting pulled towards the West Coast, because it's a different quality of life. New York is great when you're in your early 20s and you're running around and it's really fun, but it's a place for me to get things done.
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I don't think about fashion or trends - I've never really been that kind of person.
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I'm really happy with everything that I've been fortunate enough to do and with the creative outlets I've been blessed to have.
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I never expected to be a model. I never expected to be a stylist. Or a designer.
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