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Katie Holmes is more than a movie star, style icon, and producing powerhouse. We sat down with the multi-hyphenate to discuss fashion, her creative process, and the importance of costume design. Enjoy the conversation our cover star for the Luxury Issue. #katieholmes
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00:09My style I would describe as natural. I like a lot of classic pieces. I tend to have a few
00:17items
00:18that I wear differently, but many times. The five pieces that are in heavy rotation in my wardrobe
00:25bar. Vintage Levi jeans. I have some Miu Miu flats I own that I wear often. White t-shirts. Acne
00:34men's
00:35shirts. I have a really good APC, I guess it's an alligator bag. My first luxury purchase was this
00:42toka sweater that was lavender and it had all of these pretty beads on it and it was a little
00:48cardigan and I still own it and wear it. A luxury item that I think is most worth it, I
00:53would say
00:54jewelry. In terms of clothing, shoes, because you get the most wear out of them. Living in the city,
01:01I spend my money on flats. The advice I would give someone wanting to take more fashion risks
01:06is to do it. I mean, why not take a risk? Don't go big all of a sudden. Maybe start
01:12with like
01:13a belt trend. What outfit makes me feel the most confident? A great pair of pants, like a really
01:20sharp shirt, actually. And a good sneaker. At this stage in my career, I feel, yeah, I feel lucky
01:26I've done, I've been an actor, producer, director, writer. I like all of them and I like kind of
01:32switching it up all the time and then taking time off and painting and reading and like getting away
01:39from it so I can get inspired again. I'm really interested now that I've directed three films and
01:46have written one and co-wrote another. I think the most interesting thing about that process after
01:52having been in front of the camera and now doing both is I really like telling stories that are full
01:59of humanity and real life situations and trying to put a piece of poetry to it. My process is one
02:08of
02:08collaboration. I'll start writing and then I need help from other people. I need ideas. I read a lot of
02:13books as well to try to find inspiration. After having worked so much as an actress and then taking
02:19on the role of a director, the most important thing for me is to really give space and freedom
02:25for everybody to do their best work, support them as best that I can. That's really crucial to me
02:32because then it makes the creative process magical and it's not something that's forced or like you
02:39don't get this sense that you that you're like going to work. It's like it's fun and it's creative
02:45and yes there's stress involved but you know hopefully people are having some fun and that's
02:52important to me. For me I have always as an actor really connected with costume designers and they have
03:01helped to inform the character for me and having those conversations. It's very important to me and
03:07on Rare Objects which will be coming out April 14th. I worked with Brie Welch. She was a wonderful
03:13costume designer. She brought so much insight into these characters that like was an addition to what
03:19I had already thought. When you have a great costume designer so much is said in the frame without
03:25really having to have so much dialogue. That's one of those moments where it's like oh this is going to
03:30be incredible because you want to have visually something that really authentically tells the story.
03:35And also it's really it's great to return to the collaboration between Brie and myself today.
03:43She's styling this shoot. Again it's just like incredible pieces and it makes me feel like a
03:47different person and I can embody a different kind of character and it's been wonderful.
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