Ahead of the premiere of the biopic “Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody,” Naomi Ackie shared the story behind her road to becoming Whitney and gave Vogue a look at how she got ready.
. But there’s also a sentimental link to the house of Schiaparelli for Ackie, who studied textiles at college and even considered a career as a dressmaker if acting fell through. “My first ever fashion show in Paris was the Schiaparelli couture show just before lockdown, and I was so nervous, as I’d never been on the front row of anything before,” she says.
Heading to Paris in November to visit the Schiaparelli headquarters in the former apartment of its founder,, on Place Vendôme—where Ackie was then fitted with a custom version of the skirt—felt like a pilgrimage for Ackie. “There’s almost a church-like feeling entering that space, there was just so much history,” Ackie says, effusively recounting the thrill of seeing the seamstresses and atelier workers tweak the garments up close.
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