Milla Jovovich on passion in business
Jovovich-Hawk is the fashion design partnership of model, actress, musician Milla Jovovich and former model Carmen Hawk. Their label is sold in 100 stores, including Barneys New York, Nordstrom, Fred Segal and Harvey Nichols, and worn by stars including Michelle Williams and Kate Bosworth.
[photo: Jovovich on the cover of the May 2006 issue of C (California Style), wearing her own company designs.]
“Our atelier is like a nuclear reactor of clothing,” she says. “It’s like a space where things can explode. You know when people put on the glasses to watch the bomb go off, that’s how I feel about it. It’s like, ‘OK Carmen, let’s put the glasses on, push the button. Ready? Whoosh!’
“You know, I don’t need to make any more money,” she admits. I have the career of a 45-year-old [at age 30] so I could totally quit tomorrow. But I wouldn’t be happy because I know what I love to do – it’s what I did as a little kid before I started working, which is sitting all day and drawing. Then my acting and modelling interrupted that but I always hoped I would pick it up at some point.”
“My mum always told me, ‘Don’t fall into the trap of expecting your prettiness to open doors and carry you because it’s going to be gone like that,’” she says, snapping her fingers. “I really feel this is the time to establish the rest of my life. With a real job that I don’t just love but that’s also going to put me behind the camera so I’m not totally dependent on my physicality.”
[From Milla’s crossing, by Cat Callender, Telegraph (UK) Jan 14 2006, posted on millaj.com]
Jovovich-Hawk site: www.jovovich-hawk.com
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