Team Kristen Stewart: marie claire

Thursday, 6 December 2012

New Kristen interview with Marie Claire (Australia )

‘Thankfully I was never told I needed a Prince Charming or anything more than what I already had in me,” she offered. “You have to find your own way in life. I’m not into that rescue stuff.”

“I’m sort of bored now,” she confessed [talking about 'what's next'] “I wanna work on something and maybe it doesn’t have to be an acting job. I’ve been hanging out with my dogs and my family and, to be honest with you, I’m still catching up on sleep. I’ve worked for 2 years solid, literally since Eclipse. But I’m itchy now. I wanna do something.”

Her first shot at redefining her career came in September [release date in Australia], with her star turn in the big-screen adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road”.

Monday, 5 November 2012

New Kristen Interview with MarieClaire (Mexico)

Great interview - thanks Twilight Poison for the scans and translation

We would've rather interview Kristen at twilight, but it was dawn, like the movie title, which I guess had a stronger influence on the time set for us. Our date was at 5:00 AM, suite 1501 at the Four Season Hotel in Beverly Hills. Thanks to the latte on her hand, Kristen was already up and ready, but her publicist point out, "No pictures; her make up is not done." Completely by ourselves, and with no interruptions at all (just a bodyguard on the door to prevent people from walking in), we started an interview that would've been great if we were vampires, so it'd last for ever.

How's a typical day for you? From dawn to twilight?

I have a very early start everyday. My dog Bear usually wakes me up. I live a normal life, pretty much everything that a 22 year old does. If I'm not working, I read, I walk my dog. I'm going through an amazing time in my life right now. My mind is very active. I'm never bored. Even when I'm not working, my mind is full of ideas.

If you were a vampire what would you like to do with your time?

Friday, 5 October 2012

Kristen in Marie Claire Magazine - November 2012

Full Transcript

Kristen isn’t one of those girls who sprays perfume in the air and that spins around in its mist. The world’s favourite vampire has too much bite for the softly, softly approach to applying scent, ‘Fragrance is feral,’she says, rubbing her chest provocatively, ‘It’s sexual, it’s about your skin.’

In real life, Stewart is a world away from the gawky teenager that Twilight fans have come to know and love. But we all know that now because, a fortnight after this interview, news broke that she’s been two-timing R-Patz with her dashing director on Snow White and the Huntsman, Rupert Sanders. Having met her, the affair isn’t surprising in the slightest; Stewart seems to have a highly developed rebellious streak.

Considering the amount of waiting around and general celeb reverence that been involved in getting my Dictaphone in front of her, I’m pretty surprised Stewart is talking about being sexual at all. If that wasn’t enough, she says ‘f***’ and ‘c***’ all the time, too. Inside, I’m rubbing my hands with glee (‘She swears’), but I remain poker-faced. In the sweltering Parisian heat, on a plush couch, in the plushest hotel, I am not going to be the one who loses her cool factor.

Stewart and her expletives aside, there is someone else in the room, making up this rather fabulous tete-a-trois: Nicholas Ghesquiere. Better known as Mr. Balenciaga, he also happens to be my fashion hero and, if I’m going to keep my cool in front of anyone, it’s going to be him. To be clear, I’m not usually so hung up on the notion of 'cool', but it becomes a recurring theme during our chat about the new Balenciaga fragrance, Florabotanica, to which Stewart has lent her face.

For the record, both agree that fearlessness is the key to cool, 'It's about being on the edge of something - about not taking the easy route,' says Stewart, the girl who found international mega-fame as a teenager.'To be cool is not to be crippled by yourself,' she adds, lest anyone dare assume that her brisk confidence isn't the genuine article.

As for Ghesquiere, well, he's so cool he is able to pay a compliment and talk definitions. 'What's cool is bravery and to be very fashionable - and that is very Kristen." I quickly realise two things: 1) I am not very cool; 2) despite the oppressive heat, the temperature in the room (myself excluded) is sub-zero.

Not only are Stewart and Ghesquiere untouchably (sorry to be repetitive) cool (hers emerald, his sea blue) and are also proper friends. Genuine, real-life friendship is a rarity in the world of celebrity match-ups, so the conversation flows easily. They finish each other's sentences, they have in-jokes and they giggle like a pair of carefree lovers.

The pair met on a Bruce Weber shoot in 2004. 'It was a journey,' says Ghesquiere of their first conversation. 'Ever since that moment I have never forgotten her. It was a curiosity to interact with Kristen. You can't imagine anyone would ever forget her - she has a strong tendency to dominate the room.

'You meet someone and you recognise them. You f***ing recognise them', says Stewart. Observing them interact is like watching an extremely stylish version of Tom & Jerry. And from what I can gather, it's this Jerry-like fight, the rebellion i talked about earlier, that made Stewart the perfect Balenciaga muse.

The fact that she had no idea about the house's heritage (Cristóbal Balenciaga was Spain's answer to Christian Dior) was rather unexpected but, in the context of it's futuristic place in today's world, hardly surprising. By the time Nicholas Ghesquiere joined in 1995, the house had lapsed into obscurity. 'No one had any expectations,' he says. So he could perfect his craft without the world watching.

'No one cared about Balenciaga when I started, and that was a great freedom for me. I made mistakes, but that was OK.' His honestly is infectious. 'I am thankful that I have this crazy heritage, but at the same time I love looking forward.'

The results of this mash-up are the exquisitely mind-challenging clothes he shows each season. Like the house's founder, Ghesquiere challenges expectations. Cristóbal shocked the fashion world with his new silhouette: broad and rounded in the shoulders, he did away with the fashionable waist and favoured wide, tunic style dresses and coats inspired by the kimono.

Ghesquiere has his revolutionary markers, too. You can send him your thanks for that bit-sporty, bit-arty look you've been trying to perfect for several seasons now. The engineered neoprene is him, too; ditto your chunky-but-beautiful mega -heels and those moulded, curved jackets heavy with summer blooms. He has a varied vision, but his mark, his bravery, his ability to hold the house's heritage with great care and yet catapult it beyond the fashion frontier - these are the qualities that make Balenciaga the definition of, yes, cool.

'It was a sleeping beauty,' says the Frenchman of the house he inherited. 'With strength and determination, we put it back on the map. I haven't changed my intention since I started.'

Ghesquiere approached the process of perfume-making in the same way he does his mainline collections. Old meets new, 'a hybrid', he says. 'I tried not to be too hard. Fragrance is an emotion,' he adds with conviction. It's a smell, it's skin. You can remember someone from smelling them. I wanted it to stay emotional. When you try to control it too much, one thing will take over everything.'

This is where he and Stewart differ completely. He holds something back; he he lets silence, clothes, fragrance do his talking. The actress is all too aware that she is on show, an the 'on-show' Stewart can be brash and provocotive. I mean, if I was the new face of Balenciaga and had the pick of the latest collection to wear, I wouldn't have chosen a neoprene vest and grubby-looking jeans for the interview.

But that's just me. The fans love her, and the brains at Balenciaga certainly aren't stupid. they want their beautiful newrose scent, in its minimalist, Mondrian-inspired bottle to sell, and I'm guessing their target market is those savvy girls who know the brand's name, but perhaps aren't rich enough to afford one of its capacious handbags.

Stewart, therefore, is their ticket to ride, and she's happy to oblige. Because Balenciaga is cool. Seriously cool. And that's all that really matters.

When Nicholas Met Kristen is under the cut!!