Even by the standards of the fiercest fashionista, Anna Dello Russo does
street-style spectacle like nobody else. A front-row fixture and
Internet phenom, she’s obsessed with playing with runway looks in
unexpected ways: During the collections, she changes two or three times
a day in the backseat of her chauffeured car, making sure to never wear
the same thing twice—ever. “Usually, you put on your best
clothes to go out at night, and you feel fantastic. But why wait?”
says the Italian stylist. “Why shouldn’t we wear our best
clothes in the morning? I love evening clothes for the day because the
sun emphasizes their beauty and silhouette. At night, you can’t
see them so well.” Dello Russo keeps a separate apartment just for
her “4,000 pairs of shoes” and her costume jewelry. She says
she wears only “the brand-new thing,” the more outrageous
the better—so it’s not surprising that she’s planning
to dictate what she will one day be buried in. “I will write a big
letter,” she says, shuddering at the thought of someone
else’s vision supplanting her own. “Because maybe
they’ll put me in not the right outfit. Oh, yi yi! Not
possible!”
Dior Haute Couture organza dress, and head net. Marc Jacobs hat.
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