Talk about a glam slam! Eva Chen tags along as Michael Kors helps Nikki Reed choose a dream dress for Teen Vogue�s Young Hollywood party.Some people, dear readers, just love being in the public eye. They�ll jump at any chance to walk a red carpet or zoom in front of the camera at the slightest hint of a shutter snap. Not me! Despite all appearances, I am totally camera shy. I love a good red carpet�but from the sidelines, with a notepad and pen in hand for interviews, or reading all about it in tabloids. (Confession: I can trace my phobia to the time I was forced to walk the red carpet right behind Sienna Miller�a phalanx of paparazzi shrieking for her and one lone, sad flashbulb flickering for me.)
Of course, if you�re a celebrity like, say, Twilight star Nikki Reed, you�d better love being in the spotlight. �I�m used to it after walking on over a hundred red carpets in the last two years, but it never really feels normal,� she recently confided to me as we browsed the Michael Kors store on New York City�s Madison Avenue. �I never think, Geez, I look hot. It�s usually such a whirlwind that I don�t even know what I really look like with hair and makeup until I see a picture of myself the next day.�
That afternoon Nikki and I were on the hunt for the perfect frock for her to wear to Teen Vogue�s Young Hollywood Party, an annual powwow of the silver and small screens� most promising talent. And as if shopping with Nikki wasn�t quite �Is my life surreal or what?� enough, we were joined by none other than, oh, the king of the red carpet himself, Michael Kors. You see, Kors had recently created a fragrance that was pretty much perfect for Nikki: Very Hollywood Michael Kors Sparkling (a yummy blend of mandarin, black currant, and neroli). Inspired by Nikki�s nascent stardom, he came to the fashion aid of the not-so-in-distress damsel. And Kors, being so very Kors, got along smashingly with Nikki. So much so that it was hard for Beauty Blogger to get a word in edgewise�a rare occurrence. Take, for instance, this rapid-fire exchange (which occurred within a minute):
Michael Kors: I�m so excited to be dressing you because if there�s one thing I love, it�s a girl who has a real body�I love curves�and one with a healthy glow.
Nikki Reed: Lucky for you, I have plenty of both! For a long time, I fought my natural gifts. But now that I�m in my 20s, I understand that it really is about loving your body and working with what you have. I don�t need to look like a runway model.
Michael Kors: It�s true. I think of models as genetic aberrations.
Nikki Reed: Totally! And 99 percent of guys don�t want to date that, you know? They�d rather have a real girl, someone with a body. Actually, the turning point for me in my body acceptance was when I quit smoking when I turned 21. I started doing a lot more sports then. That was a big step for me in loving myself and getting over the stick-figure body-envy nonsense�and it was because I felt stronger.
via NRcentral
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