She’s ready to share her story.
Vogue snagged the first interview with Marchesa designer Georgina Chapman following ex Harvey Weinstein‘s scandal imploding — and the “broken” but strong woman is getting candid about life after a world-shattering incident.
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It’s almost hard to believe it was only October when the flood of sexual harassment and assault allegations came to light, but for the mom of two, it’s something she’s still coming to terms with.
Recalling canceling the Marchesa Fall 2018 collection runway show after the scandal broke, Georgina confessed:
“We didn’t feel it was appropriate given the situation. All the women who have been hurt deserve dignity and respect, so I want to give it the time it deserves. It’s a time for mourning, really. A lot of people reached out and said, ‘Let me wear something.'”
As you may have seen, Scarlett Johansson picked a Marchesa gown to wear to Monday’s Met Gala.
But it seems it wasn’t only her fashion label that went into mourning. Georgina added she hadn’t stepped out for five months post-scandal:
“I was so humiliated and so broken . . . that . . . I, I, I . . . didn’t think it was respectful to go out. I thought, Who am I to be parading around with all of this going on? It’s still so very, very raw. I was walking up the stairs the other day and I stopped; it was like all the air had been punched out of my lungs.”
She later started seeing a therapist, revealing in between hysterical sobs:
“At first I couldn’t, because I was too shocked. And I somehow felt that I didn’t deserve it. And then I realized: This has happened. I have to own it. I have to move forward. There was a part of me that was terribly naive├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥clearly, so naive. I have moments of rage, I have moments of confusion, I have moments of disbelief! And I have moments when I just cry for my children. What are their lives going to be? What are people going to say to them? It’s like, they love their dad. They love him. I just can’t bear it for them!”
For the 42-year-old, it seemed like she was in bliss before the controversy, speaking on her marriage with Weinstein:
“That’s what makes this so incredibly painful: I had what I thought was a very happy marriage. I loved my life.”
But she asserts when asked about if she was ever suspicious of Harvey’s behavior, “Absolutely not. Never.” With him traveling constantly, she said:
“I’ve never been one of those people who obsesses about where someone is.”
Even now, Georgina is seemingly torn about the man she knew. Going into their initial attraction, she admitted:
“Well, he’s a wonderful father to my kids. But initially? He’s charismatic. He’s an incredibly bright, very learned man. And very charitable. He paid for a friend of mine’s mother, who had breast cancer, to go to a top doctor. He was amazing like that. He is amazing like that. That is the tough part of this . . . this black-and-white thing . . . life isn’t like that.”
She also added how Harvey gave her confidence:
“Yes. Absolutely. He was a wonderful partner to me. He was a friend and a confidant and a supporter. Yes, he’s a big personality. . . . And . . . but . . . I don’t know. I wish I had the answers. But I don’t.”
The designer still maintains regular contact with her ex, but also doesn’t have the answers to how he’s doing right now:
“Well, not really. Clearly when I was married to him I didn’t know anything about his state of mind, so I’m probably not the best person to ask.”
While it’s clear a lot of things are still up in the air for Chapman, she does hope to move away from the city, even putting a bid on a house in upstate New York:
“As soon as this happened, I had this crazy vision: I know what I need to do. I need to move to a farm upstate. My daughter loves riding; my son responds to animals. I need to build a farm.”
Well, we can only wish them the best.
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[Image via FayesVision/WENN.]
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