00:00Hey guys, it's Gia Peppers here backstage at the Essence Style Blog Party.
00:08And we have the beautiful Gabrielle Union here.
00:10How are you doing today?
00:11Amazing, happy to be in Brooklyn.
00:13This bob is giving me life, honey, it looks amazing.
00:16And there's the man that did it, Larry, Larry Simms.
00:21So you have this beautiful fashion style, we love your style.
00:24Who is your style inspiration?
00:26Oh God, it changes every day.
00:27I mean, some days it's Beyonce, some days it's Ciara, some days it's Jamie Chung, Olivia
00:32Palermo, and sometimes it's the people closest to me.
00:36It changes, yeah, anywhere.
00:38I'm walking around here, I'm pilfering, yeah, getting little inspiration.
00:45So you just celebrated your one year anniversary, congratulations, we love you guys, you and
00:49Dwayne.
00:50Do you guys style each other when you go out?
00:51Never.
00:52Never.
00:53On occasion, I'll be like, what do you think?
00:56And I'm like, interesting.
00:59But no, we don't have veto power, and I definitely don't dress him.
01:04I wish I could take the credit, or not.
01:06But no, his stylist is an amazing black woman named Callie Ann Barnett, and she's dope.
01:12Yeah, that's their world.
01:14I just wave from the sidelines.
01:16Yeah.
01:17Being Mary Jane, we are all wanting to see it.
01:19How much has the character influenced your own style?
01:21It's a little buttoned up for you.
01:23Yeah, I mean, she has a regular day job that she's gotta be, you know, delivering the news
01:28in a way that's not distracting from the information.
01:31So, she's definitely a fashionista, but it's dramatically different than my own personal
01:37style.
01:38So, all of Mary Jane's clothes stay in Mary Jane's closet in Atlanta.
01:43There have been a couple of courses that have made it back to Miami, though.
01:46Yes.
01:47And then the last question I wanted to ask you, can you describe the essence of your personal
01:51style?
01:52Gabrielle Union's personal style.
01:53The essence of my personal style.
01:55Evolving.
01:56Evolving.
01:57And it's all about freedom.
01:58You know what I mean?
01:59The second I kind of fall into too many trends, or worried about the judgment, or I want to
02:05please this group of people, I'm trying to please this group of people, it doesn't feel
02:08free.
02:09It feels like I just put myself in a prison.
02:10So, I evolve.
02:11It ebbs.
02:12It flows.
02:13I get it right.
02:14I get it wrong.
02:15It's an estimation, you know?
02:16I feel good and look good.
02:17I'm doing all right.
02:18Yeah.
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