Tracee Ellis Ross, recipient of the WWD Style Award Hollywood trailblazer award, on walking for Mugler, shopping with Azzedine Alaïa and what her mother Diana Ross taught her about fashion.
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While many fashion lovers are collectors, Ross buys to wear. Her sense of style — “eclectic, colorful, elegant, glamorous, sexy, and a little bit utilitarian” — hasn’t changed over the years. She’s just gone from shopping at the Salvation Army to Bottega Veneta as she earned her own money. Those favorites include high-waisted and wide-leg pants and trousers, blazers, tuxedo jackets and sneakers. Growing up the daughter of Diana Ross, who taught her the enduring appeal of “big hair and glamour,” immersed Ross in the fashion world early on. When she was a teenager she made her runway debut in Thierry Mugler’s famous 1991/1992 “Butterfly” show, followed by Mugler’s motorcycle show.
Between the first and second seasons, she’d been coveting the brown Vivienne Westwood pirate boots Kate Moss had worn. “At the time, in order to get the pirate boot, you had to go into the store, trace your foot on a piece of paper, tell them your size, and then they would make them for you,” Ross said. “And then I had to wait for them, which made it even better. It was like waiting for the treasure to arrive.
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