{"id":85964,"date":"2023-09-27T14:59:25","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T14:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=85964"},"modified":"2023-09-27T14:59:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T14:59:25","slug":"angelina-jolie-covers-the-digital-issue-of-vogue-to-promote-atelier-jolie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/celebrities\/angelina-jolie-covers-the-digital-issue-of-vogue-to-promote-atelier-jolie\/","title":{"rendered":"Angelina Jolie covers the digital issue of Vogue to promote Atelier Jolie"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yay! This had been rumored for a few months, this Angelina Jolie-Vogue cover. Honestly, this should have been a cover for the print edition, either the September or October issue. But here we are, Jolie covering the \u201cdigital issue.\u201d Angelina is promoting her big new project: Atelier Jolie, the refugee fashion collective she announced several months back. She will employ refugee artists and artisans to create clothing lines and capsule collections, all using deadstock and sustainable materials. The first Atelier Jolie project will be a capsule collection with Gabriela Hearst. You can read the full Vogue piece here – it\u2019s amazing, and there\u2019s a real emphasis on how her kids are very involved too. Zahara gave her approval to lease Basquiat\u2019s old studio, and Pax has done some art\/design work for the atelier. <\/p>\n
\nAtelier Jolie is not about her:<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019ve met a lot of artisans over the years\u2014very capable, talented people\u2014and I\u2019d like to see them grow,\u201d Jolie says as she gives me a tour of the space before the contractors go to work. Her list of collaborators includes the London-based milliner Justin Smith, the American artist Duke Riley, and South African lacemaker Pierre Fouch\u00e9\u2014but, she says, \u201cit\u2019s not really about fashion.\u201d Nor is Atelier Jolie about her, she is quick to add. \u201cI don\u2019t want to be a big fashion designer. I want to build a house for other people to become that.\u201d <\/p>\n
Her children. <\/strong>\u201cI was 26 when I became a mother. My entire life changed. Having children saved me\u2014and taught me to be in this world differently. I think, recently, I would\u2019ve gone under in a much darker way had I not wanted to live for them. They\u2019re better than me, because you want your children to be. Of course I\u2019m the mother, and hopefully that safe place for them and that stability. But I\u2019m also the one that they laugh at\u2014and I see them taking over so many different aspects of our family.\u201d<\/p>\n
She\u2019s not into fashion, actually:<\/strong> \u201cThere are more books than clothes in my closet. I\u2019m not someone who likes clothes to consume her life. And I don\u2019t love the idea of being \u2018influenced.\u2019 I find it slightly funny that we are involved in fashion\u2014I don\u2019t think any one of us is overly \u2018fashionable,\u2019\u2005\u201d she says, referring to both herself and her children. \u201cBut because we live in our clothes, it is so much a part of who we are, and something that\u2019s important to explore, especially for young people. I\u2019ve always wanted to take my family to a place where I can say: Does your clothing really represent you? Absolutely you? And do you love it? I think the average person would not think it does. But I think tailoring does that for you.\u201d<\/p>\n
How she helps her kids be themselves:<\/strong> \u201cI don\u2019t tell the kids how to dress. Even when they were little, I just put things in front of them.\u201d The same goes for public appearances: \u201cNobody has to go anywhere if they don\u2019t want to, and if they don\u2019t want to dress up, they don\u2019t have to.\u201d <\/p>\n
Moving beyond the UNHCR:<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019ve spent over 20 years of my life working on foreign policy, and aid relief, and displacement, and laws pertaining to refugees, and I kept watching the same situation get worse and the same cycles continue. Now I want to shift the focus and look at how we can work in partnership with people around the world to bring not just skills training, but actual business partnership. I don\u2019t really believe the current system is working.\u201d <\/p>\n
The Hearst-Jolie capsule collection:<\/strong> The capsule includes a dramatic floor-length velvet cape, and an adult-size version of Jolie\u2019s baby crochet smock handmade by the craftspeople at La Fabrique Nomade, an organization in Paris that works with refugees. Jolie\u2019s trademark silk slip dress emerges through a broad range of nude shades\u2014the suggestion of Zahara, who has struggled to find the right match for her dark brown skin tone. \u201cObviously, as a white woman, I\u2019ve never had this experience. It never crossed my mind until we went shopping together and I saw that there\u2019s so much room for improvement.\u201d (A full 84 percent of the collection is made using sustainable and ethical materials.)<\/p>\n
Dressing soft:<\/strong> \u201cSometimes the way you dress says, \u2018Don\u2019t mess with me\u2014I\u2019ve got my armor on,.\u2019 But I want a woman to feel safe enough that she can be soft. After I went through something where I was hurt, I had a therapist ask if I would try wearing a flowing garment. Sounds silly, but I assumed that pants and boots projected a \u2018tougher\u2019 look, a stronger me. But was I strong enough to be soft? At the time, no. I felt vulnerable. Now I wonder if I don\u2019t know what my style is because I\u2019m still understanding who I am at 48. I guess I\u2019m in transition as a person\u2026 I feel a bit down these days. I don\u2019t feel like I\u2019ve been myself for a decade, in a way, which I don\u2019t want to get into.” <\/p>\n
Seven years ago: <\/strong>She took a step back from acting \u201cseven years ago, only taking jobs that didn\u2019t require long shoots. We had a lot of healing to do. We\u2019re still finding our footing.\u201d Atelier Jolie is part of this process, it seems. \u201cI think part of this has also been therapeutic for me\u2014to work in a creative space with people you trust and to rediscover yourself,\u201d she says. \u201cI\u2019m hoping to change many aspects of my life. And this is the forward-facing one.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
[From Vogue]<\/p>\n
Gabriela Hearst is also part of the interview, and it\u2019s clear that the two women became fast friends who adore each other in a very real way. Angelina even says that she\u2019s not someone who has a lot of girlfriends, but it\u2019s clear that Hearst is someone special (as is Salma Hayek, who also seems to be someone Jolie can count on these days). Angelina also confirms in the interview that she\u2019s going apartment-hunting in New York with her kids, so there absolutely will be a move or a bicoastal situation now. I love that for her, a fresh start in New York, with her kids and a new business and new friends. It\u2019s what she needs. Her ex is such a f–king toxic douche.<\/p>\n
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Cover & IGs courtesy of Vogue.<\/small><\/p>\n