This is too perfect!
Reese Witherspoon‘s new cover and spread for Harper’s Bazaar looks like something out of a fairy tale, and it just so happens to be French fairy tale author Charles Perrault‘s birthday too!
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What a happy coincidence!
But seriously, the actress is SUCH a princess as she lounges in an ornate chair, lunches with a French poodle, holds a baby pig, and rides a white horse in the editorial.
And of course the fashion is absolutely spectacular, featuring glamorous dresses by Erdem, Dolce & Gabbana, Oscar de la Renta, and Reese’s own Draper James line!
The 39-year-old has more than pretty pictures to offer, however. The accompanying interview lends much insight into what makes her tick.
Read on for HIGHlights:
On making better movies for women: “There was a point, around 2011, there were like five actresses that I admire very much and they all called me and said, ‘There’s this role of this girlfriend in this movie,’ which was kind of just a terrible movie. And we’re all kind of clamoring for this terrible part? We are so much better than this.”
“I want to get a female perspective on film that would make my daughter [Ava] understand what it means to be a woman in a different way.”
On husband Jim Toth inspiring her to produce: “He said, ‘You should produce movies. You read more books than anybody I know. You should just buy some of them and turn them into films.’├óΓé¼ΓÇ░We’re reading [material] constantly. My brain hurts sometimes. Sometimes I’ve been reading and watching movies for seven days, and I need a break.”
On starting her line Draper James: “Well, it comes from a lot of the same instincts about making movies. I saw an empty space. All these women in the South, they read fashion magazines, but nobody was telling the stories about their upbringing├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥their mothers, their grandmothers who love getting dressed up. It’s a feminine culture. [Draper James] is about where I’m from, an opportunity for me to move back to the South, get my roots here.”
On how she relaxes: “My husband would definitely say, ‘She’s very relaxed at home.’ Hmm, I don’t cook much. I used to cook a lot; I relax a lot. You know what I like to do? Reorganize bookshelves and my sock drawer. Jim’s like, ‘What have you been doing for four hours in your closet?’ I’m like, ‘Um, reorganizing my underwear?'”
Hey, whatever works!
See Reese not in her underwear in the gallery (above)!
[Image via Harper’s Bazaar.]
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