Introducing our Winter 2023 issue cover star, AshleyPark!
actor says over video chat from her apartment in New York. “We had to keep reminding ourselves to play it cool, but Flo [Pugh] kept making me laugh.” While Park may have looked like a seasoned veteran in her tuxedo-inspired Valentino look, her first runway presentation was only just before the pandemic, in 2019. Fittingly, she was attending a Chanel show with fashion executive Mindy Prugnaud, a friend of Darren Star’s , who inspired her character, Mindy Chen.
, the European locations are luscious eye candy and the ensemble cast has colourful chemistry. But the core of the show, and the reason for the mania, is the fashion, which is over-the-top and always designer; it provided some much-needed escapism during the dark times of the pandemic.
But before all that, Park was just a young girl from Glendale, Calif., who loved performing, dancing and playing piano. It wasn’t until middle school, when she accompanied some friends to an audition for a youth community theatre, that she discovered her love of acting and singing. “I was like, ‘What is this world?’ And then I quickly became obsessed with musical-theatre albums,” she shares.
Dress, shoes, gloves and legwear, prices upon request, Valentino. Earrings, Park’s own. Photography by Nelson Simoneau
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