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Actress Kerry on her personal style: Jeans and flip-flops? Yes. Vinyl? Not so much.

Released on 11/03/2008

Transcript

[upbeat music playing]

What wouldn t I wear?

Vinyl.

You know,

like on the body.

Maybe in a shoe,

but on the body vinyl,

not so much.

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My personal style is a lot of like,

jeans and flip flops. [chuckling]

And sweatpants.

It s interesting,

I don t even know what brought it on,

but I m starting to experiment a lot more lately.

Both in my professional sense of style,

and in my personal style.

I m obsessed right now with getting like,

some really cool hip-hop colorful sneakers.

But it is fun to kind of,

experiment with fashion

And clothes and shoes,

and accessories are such a huge

part of how I construct the characters that I play.

When I look at pictures of high school,

it s kind of funny to me because I see

my hybrid personality in the works.

The big album was Mary J. Blige s

What s the 411? Right?,

and so like, everybody,

even the girls on Park Avenue were wearing like,

baseball jerseys and big hoop earrings,

and bright red lipstick.

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I have a few really favorite designers.

Tory Burch is a friend of mine,

so she allows me to be casual Kerry,

and still feel fashion forward,

and feminine,

and elegant.

I really admire Lauren Hutton s style.

You know, I admire people who really know who they are.

You know what I mean?

It sounds totally different to say,

I love Rihanna s style,

and I love Lauren Hutton s style.

But those are two people who clearly

know who they are,

and they dress with a level of authenticity

that I think is fantastic.

I love that dress.

And that is Oscar de la Renta,

and I saw it on style.com,

and I immediately called the office,

and was like,

Oh my god.

I will kill you if you give that dress to anybody else,

like I have to wear that.

I just,

I think it s so beautiful but vibrant,

you know,

it reminds me of a Sarrah painting or something.

I have a pair of bright pink bubblegum

Louis Vuitton vinyl pumps,

that are to die for.

I m a little bit obsessed with them.

And I think that s healthy.

I could be obsessed with other things

that are not so good for me.

But the pink shoes are fantastic.

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Starring: Kerry Washington