Maria Sharapova defeated Serena Williams in the time trial.
Both tennis players appeared at the Valentino show on Sunday. Sharapova arrived early. Williams walked in just before the show was about to begin. But it’s all love.
“It pays to come early to a show,” Sharapova said. “The beauty of it is not just what’s on the catwalk, but the people, materials and substance that go into putting together a show. “So these are magical moments for me. “
Sharapova walked in several shows at Paris Fashion Week, including those for Victoria Beckham and Hermès. She said that through her friendship with Gabriela Hearst, she learned how much work goes into creating a collection.
“Knowing what the fashion industry is like and the physical and mental impact of producing consistent shows season after season, I have a lot of admiration for the industry, especially the female designers I know,” she said. “I know how difficult it is to juggle motherhood and work.”
Sharapova said she draws inspiration from how designers manage all aspects of their business, including beauty. She has been on leave since selling her confectionery business Sugarpova in 2021. But she mysteriously said that the platform she is now working on is not in the fashion field, but adjacent to the fashion field and covers many things. “But it’s still early,” she said. “To be determined.”
Singer Gracie Abrams arrived in Paris and did her homework before the show – watching “The Devil Wears Prada” in her hotel room.
Does she think this is an accurate reflection of the fashion industry? “In a way, I say this with the greatest love,” she said. “This is my favorite movie.”
(The film is a theme, as Valentino creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli’s dog Miranda, as in “Priestly,” is in the front row.)
Looking around the Hotel Pozzo di Borgo, where Karl Lagerfeld lived for 30 years, she declared it a palace. Abrams spent the summer and fall with Taylor Swift and was eager to enter the real world of the now-classic film.
“I’m excited to be in a new environment,” she said. The singer has staged several fashion shows, but it’s been several years since then and she’s trying to make the most of the moment.
“I’m going to miss Fashion Monday when it’s over. Honestly, it’s so inspiring to be around all different types of artists…[Music and fashion are]two ways to express yourself. I love being led by talented people in the fashion industry. Design clothes for me. I’m usually low maintenance and laid back. So to be dressed like this, it’s a rare experience for me.”
She wore a lace dress with a wide hem that didn’t fully cover her upper body. Abrams adds another layer, because despite the current trends and accompanying runway look revelations, first impressions are a little too sheer. “It’s almost a pie-in-a-pie situation,” she said.
The album is also being kept under wraps. She would only say that the writing process was “cathartic.”
“But I love it more than anything. I’m happy that it belongs to someone else, hopefully soon,” she said.
Writing seemed to be the talk in the room, with Bears actress Molly Gordon sharing that she’s working on a screenplay that she hopes to direct.
“I wear sweatpants and big shirts all the time. So it’s a very different energy to put something like that on and put on makeup. I haven’t left the house,” she said. Gordon was accompanied by his mother, Jesse Nelson. She joked that the two were too tired and were trying to speak to the waiter in slurred French. “But we sounded like we were speaking in tongues.”
She won’t reveal anything about the plot of the script, but will talk about the process. “You try it, then you hate it, then you write, then you turn it on, then you love it, then you turn it on again. “You never feel perfect, but you just jump off the bridge and try to be creative. “
Gordon said she learned from working with directors Olivia Wilde on Booksmart and Natalie Krinsky on Broken Hearts Gallery, Last year he also co-directed Theater Camp with Nick Lieberman. Now she’s ready for her first solo project.
“You learn techniques and techniques and then you create your own toolbox. I feel lucky that I get to continue acting so I can learn more from other directors. But if it works out, that’s the dream,” she said in said of being behind the camera.
The actress doesn’t have any plans to enter the fashion industry, but she knows what women want: pockets. Her Valentino miniskirt matched them perfectly and was a sartorial masterpiece. “I mean, what more do you want? When I found out it had pockets, I literally gasped. Like, a horrible gasp. But now in every photo I have to make sure I’m fully represented Has hands.”