Milla talks with Isabel Marant for Vogue (Germany)
While Milla Jovovich photographed in their spring collection, Isabel Marant takes a nap by the pool of the “Chateau Marmont”. On her feet she has her new sandals that were pre-ordered right after the shows in the stores. That their designs, especially the plateau sneaker that influence fashion, also has to do with its strong personality by which transmits to the objects. She does not doubt is based only on your own taste, says what she thinks, and does not bother with PRFloskeln. By mid-forties she interacts with itself rotated cigarette, gray streaks and uncensored and young without Botox. Isabel Marant is the rock star of fashion. Action star, musician and model Milla Jovovich, she learned years ago know as enthusiastic customer of their label , since this is seen over and over again in Marants advertising campaigns, most recently last winter for the H&M collektion the designer. In addition to the interest for fashion and a keen intellect combines both the Dare to be mothers with non- calculable working hours.
Isabel Marant: You know how it is when you’re working all the time and carry around with his child.
Milla Jovovich: It’s a real challenge, which has to face almost every woman today. When I go after a twelve hour rotating home and my daughter had not sailed hen, I would like to put at least it next and cuddle with her. Some people find it strange, but for most part of the world it is quite normal when the family sleeps in one room. My husband understands this, and he really cares a great tool for Ever – even if it is ultimately Mama’s girl and somehow always remains close to me. It is never jealous, not even on my success.
Isabel Marant: Since you ‘re lucky ! For me, it was hard to find a man who understands that burns for one thing, and one does not reproach continuous: “You work too much, and you do not love me … ! “
Milla Jovovich: Terrible . That’s what I experienced in previous relationships increases.
Isabel Marant: If you then someone hits that understands and respects one , that’s great . You know that my husband is also designer and his own fashion brand . We feel the same passion for the profession and share all the tasks related to our son. It makes our life really relaxed and enjoyable.
Milla Jovovich: For me it is so that our close cooperation during the shoot is wonderful and difficult at the same time. We are twelve years romantically involved and have our own little empire built: five Resident Evil movies plus the Three Musketeers. We, however, are not only business partners and parents, we also need to schedule time as husband and wife. One can as a pair quite well be strange, though, or just because you spend so much time together at work and as a family.
Isabel Marant: This dimension does not exist for us. We do not work together and speak at home almost never about business. While we are both in the same profession successfully , but every man for himself. Of course we look forward to on their if it runs well, but in our time together ver we try to forget the professional printing more and talk about other stuff.
Milla Jovovich: We switch off best when we watch Breaking Bad. Do you know the series?
Isabel Marant: No, what it is about?
Milla Jovovich: To a cancer-stricken chemistry teacher who begins to produce crystal meth to pay for his medical bills. The rest I will not tell. You have to look at it you self! We go for days not get rid of it.
Isabel Marant: That’s the reason why I such series mei de. Then I come no more to read in the garden.
Milla Jovovich: Phases of the intensive Le sens and television take turns with me. For example, I had an extreme Georgette Heyer phase, they wrote RegencyRomanzen.
Isabel Marant: I ‘ve read one of her books a long time ago – I liked it very well.
Milla Jovovich: Really? I ‘ve never met someone who knows them. Anyway, I rustle from one extreme to the next te. Read, read, read, then watch a whole season Walking Dead. In addition, I have the past few years for the London 19th Century interested. And before that it was the Middle Ages, especially the plague in Europe. That’s what I do if Ever is at school and I have time for me.
Isabel Marant: I’ve heard that Evergreen has a few Ta tions even cut his hair. I find it great that you allow that. That’s what I used to do sometimes – as a defiant response to my father, who had always wanted a pretty blonde girl. My brother was much nicer and looked more like a girl than I am.
Milla Jovovich: I did not know. My mother would have never allowed that I cut my hair, or even decisive the, what to wear. She is a control freak who has driven me to the abso lute discipline and always prescribed me what I should do. This makes them today, and I’m 37!
Isabel Marant: This will probably not more countries CHANGE .
Milla Jovovich: I do not know … I think relationships need to be able to evolve. If you want to have a good relationship with your children, you may not criticize , but simply tries you are looking just for them.
Isabel Marant: You should allow them to run their own lives, but that’s probably easier said than done.
Milla Jovovich: The dreams dreamed for me, my mother, a million copies were bigger than what I have achieved . She thinks in huge dimensions. But in their complexity, it is also an inspiring person. I’m even complicated and feel attracted me of complicated women. My daughter is probably even more complicated, but that’s good, because I think these are the best!
Isabel Marant: I have a very quiet mother, I always say what they should do. But I had a strong father, who took the whole room. Most I, however, was influenced by three very different women: The artistic , nature-loving side I have inherited from my mother (Model- icon Christa Fiedler, who later elite boss and designer were en). She knitted, designed and painted by her, I have copied me much. My father’s second wife had that certain Parisian elegance. I remember that she wore most like Yves Saint Laurent. My rebellious attitude I have my ner of Nanny who copied who drank too much to put on wild and was otherwise completely crazy.
Milla Jovovich: I’m trying Ever also very open to educate myself and take back itself . As long as they are friendly , their healthy juice drinks , concentrates on Taekwondo and the school , I let them do what they want. No matter how old or young you are, you have to face its own challenges.
Isabel Marant: Absolutely, my son has a very specific taste, which is funny, because we speak at home is not actually available via fashion. Nevertheless, he snaps so on some and he even knows my designs and also the fakes on the street. “Mommy, look, since optimal carrying someone th your Klamot!” He cries then. He reminds me of myself: I also knew exactly what I liked. I even have the old sweaters my father turned into clothes because I did not want to wear the burgers personal property that were provided to me. For me it was a way to say: “I exist ! “
Milla Jovovich: Clothes and styling says in a second, who are you, long before you open your mouth. No wonder that children have a Gespür Darfur. But it’s been amazing, like it FRUH develop their views. Your son is now ten, right?
Isabel Marant: Yes, but even at six he knew exactly whether he liked it a photo or a dud in a magazine, and mostly he was right on with his judgment.
Milla Jovovich: The young children are, the more accurate observations the observations.
Isabel Marant: As long as they do not be influenced by the Company were , they have their own character and a most genuine perception. If they are , about ten as my son now, das. suddenly be changed, they want to be like the others and dress the same.
Milla Jovovich: Do you know Ken Robinson? On Youtube I have his animated short film Changing Education Paradigms seen available via education, in which it comes exactly. The question of what happens to our school systems and how this after a few years the ingenious creativity of children tivity disappears. If a case of the game available via the shoulder looks the other, the school rated this as fraud, although we constantly are reliant on cooperation sen in real life. An incredible process.
Isabel Marant: Sounds very interesting. Then it was probably good that I have quite FRUH everything questioned and defended myself against being normal.
Milla Jovovich: However. The school should take a look and try to take over and over again to form the same surface model his character too closely acids, such as in mass production the people individually .
Isabel Marant: One should fight strong against the standardized Beneh men and remain true to his own vision.
Milla Jovovich: If you are honest, you sprint but immediately if a bit not comfortable. I try to pay attention to oppressive feelings, they gritty you everything you need to know available via a situation. If the set your body says no, you should not ignore it.
Isabel Marant: Too often the instinct is lost, but he is a good guide. If people want to know from me, which I think well, I Answer: Follow your instincts! So also explains the success of my brand. I never asked myself: What will sell well ? What Mogen people? I design for me, what pleases me, without compromise.
Milla Jovovich: One can imagine how you created each part for yourself, because each is so ”Isabel”. And there-fore it intends to prove it also have. I was thrilled when I discovered your fashion eight, nine years ago.
Isabel Marant: You fit exactly the type of woman I like to Dress. Expressive, of course, and despite success always you yourself remained.
Milla Jovovich: Thanks for the compliment! I have long wondered why some people changes by success. Today I believe that some Fools dare only to treat badly to more if they are mightily enough to do so. Success breeds only the people who you were deep inside always.
Isabel Marant: You’re right. This brings me to another thought as well: What do you feel when you have to play as each mand, a role of me you do not will identify ren ?
Milla Jovovich: If I look closely, I realize often that one always connects anything. It should not be seen as someone new dramatically enhance the figure. I ask myself questions like: Who am season would not have happened if I season would not otherwise grow up? If I originate from a different place Men was? Or if I had a big -tions other profession? Even if the dispute is uncomfortable from Uncertain safety and fear creates a un believable style creativity.
Isabel Marant: Uncertainty Let one available via itself out grow. As a designer I‘ve ARE ALWAYS to do with it. With each new season, I must have an exam. All the world then looks at me and judges whether I have managed to reinvent myself. Unlike an new singer or painter it is not a continuous process – here is the fashion show of date. How do you see that? You make music and had for some years even your own fashion label.
Milla Jovovich: The music is my passion, where I have the freedom to print exactly. The label JovovichHawk I had originally established with my girlfriend Carmen Hawk. We followed neither trends for seasons, but have first of all simply beautiful dresses for our girlfriends made. The structures and limits of the fashion world I found rather helpful as focus. After six seasons I was pregnant, and the label had no experience and little attention has no future. We have clearly been missing a business partner. We were and indeed are both creative tively, but have no idea from business.
Isabel Marant: When I started, I had no idea even. Meanwhile, I am working with two of my school friend tions that I have been available via thirty years know. We are all self-made women and carved from the same wood. It’s almost like a family, really a good way to work.
Milla Jovovich: How you start with a new collection? Do you have something like a muse?
Isabel Marant: My perfect woman is a man: Serge Gainsbourg. A man with an elegant personality.
Milla Jovovich Out of thine own mouth sounds not weird!
Isabel Marant: But it’s not that I by lead in a new lesson a kind of muse survey or an inspirational tour or detail. I’m usually on the look be particularly consumer- hostile and critical of the system. It takes a knows until I recover from this negative attitude and forth trying to figure out which clothes and accessories could for me very personally make a difference. I mean, the good, confident feeling that you get when you discover Looks feel absolutely correct. Probably every woman knows: if one sells melancholy by shopping. So I start with a new approximately´s collection. Except that I just do not go shopping, but all the parts designing that could put me in a good mood. For me, this is better than psychotherapy.
Milla Jovovich: Very interesting! I forelock too much force is to trim me. Just when I’m home alone with me, I dress very aware. Because what you are doing alone, when no one is looking, gets for the own self-esteem much more important than what you show publicly. I will not be ashamed for my true self and let me go.
Isabel Marant: I always need a few hours a week, which I alone, spend in a kind of meditation. I hear music and think consider writing if something gets me off balance or could bring.
Milla Jovovich: I spend a lot more time alone – between the shooting, when my husband is traveling and my daughter at school. I think you have to try for yourself to stay interesting, otherwise you also affects other boring. When I started modeling, my mother said that this job was short-lived – even if I‘m already more than 25 years – and I do not cease should to learn, so I had more to offer than just being pretty. She gave me books about Richard Avedon and Helmut Newton and showed me, through which poses one inspired the photographer.
Isabel Marant: Interesting that you mention that! I have a feeling that since some look only pretty both boys without qualities are seen on the catwalks. You could put anything in there season would not matter to them. When I started with the fashion, the models are gone immediately in their looks in the mirror, have yourself and the materials looked exactly … Beuty is not everything, I prefer women with personality.
Milla Jovovich: I am therefore dramatically enhance inspired by the theme ”courtesans”. It was the clever, funny, witty, could operate the conversation, such as Madame Pompadour. Despite double chin, she managed to fascinate the Konig available via twenty years. Not by beuty, but because it introduced him to artist and musicians.
Isabel Marant: That is as true to style. One hundred percent sexy is not sexy. Female is male only view bar, Soft needs a hard contrast, so that it is attractive.
Milla Jovovich: You have very clear ideas of your identity. How do you handle it when the representation of your brand in a different country does not look like you want you this, and you no longer recognized you?
Isabel Marant: This occurs, and it pisses me frankly correctly when that happens. If you spreading in the world, it is hard to keep control. Once we sent our architectural plans and patterns to Asia, but they understood there just is not that we wanted a raw aesthetics. Instead, they have everything polished. It was terrible. I know the world will not break it, but we have to demolish everything and build new.
Milla Jovovich: In such situations, you have to let go – one of the biggest challenges anyway. That’s me with the actors that way. When turning I give my Best, but what is the cut of it, I can not influence affect. That’s why I look at my films only rarely. I have freedom and absolute control in the music, so I can also listen to me our lyrics and songs again and again.
Isabel Marant: As long as you passionate busy with something and do their very best, the job is almost done. Even with my son, I try to nourish the enthusiasm. He loves fireworks, and when I explain him that a pyrotechnician works all day on large fireworks, his eyes began to glow.
Milla Jovovich: Wonderful! Children should only inspire their way then you have to go yourself. For success, it does not matter what you do, as long as one maintains a persistent thing with a lot of discipline. Personally, I think that’s easier said than done, as I often want too many different things. Although I am really quite good at KungFu and have reinvented myself star. So even though I put a lot of energy into this area, but I definitely have too many other interests to perfect the matter. Maybe it’s the beauty of imperfection, which have to be assumed as a person.
Isabel Marant: I think it is the small errors that will cause us to carry on. From the day on which I have a feeling brought into being a perfect collection to have been, I will no more design kids. Therefore, it is my goal to be happy with what I’m doing now, and to transcend my own limits again and again.
Milla Jovovich: Better can not be summed up to it. Then I really just a question for you.
Isabel Marant: What?
Milla Jovovich: When will I get a discount highest upper in your Store?
Isabel Marant: You know how it is when you’re working all the time and carry around with his child.
Milla Jovovich: It’s a real challenge, which has to face almost every woman today. When I go after a twelve hour rotating home and my daughter had not sailed her, I would like to put at least it next and cuddle with her. Some people find it strange, but for most part of the world it is quite normal when the family sleeps in one room. My husband understands this, and he really cares a great tool for Ever – even if it is ultimately Mama’s girl and somehow always remains close to me. It is never jealous, not even on my success.
Isabel Marant: Since you‘re lucky! For me, it was hard to find a man who understands that burns for one thing, and one does not reproach continuous: “You work too much, and you do not love me…! “
Milla Jovovich: Terrible. That’s what I experienced in previous relationships increases.
Isabel Marant: If you then someone hits that understands and respects one, that’s great. You know that my husband is also designer and his own fashion brand. We feel the same passion for the profession and share all the tasks related to our son. It makes our life really relaxed and enjoyable.
Milla Jovovich: For me it is so that our close cooperation during the shoot is wonderful and difficult at the same time. We are twelve years romantically involved and have our own little empire built: five Resident Evil movies plus the Three Musketeers. We, however, are not only business partners and parents, we also need to schedule time as husband and wife. One can as a pair quite well be strange, though, or just because you spend so much time together at work and as a family.
Isabel Marant: This dimension does not exist for us. We do not work together and speak at home almost never about business. While we are both in the same profession successfully, but every man for himself. Of course we look forward to on their if it runs well, but in our time together we try to forget the professional printing more and talk about other stuff.
Milla Jovovich: We switch off best when we watch Breaking Bad. Do you know the series?
Isabel Marant: No, what it is about?
Milla Jovovich: To a cancer-stricken chemistry teacher who begins to produce crystal meth to pay for his medical bills. The rest I will not tell. You have to look at it you self! We go for days not get rid of it.