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Chloe Sevigny, The Early Years

Monday, Jul 23, 2007 / 12:27 PM

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Something for the magazine addicts out there to consider:
Before Chloe Sevigny was a Ben Cho muse, a Big Love star, or Beatrice Inn regular, she was Sassy‘s first fashion intern!
Chloe worked under Andrea Linnett, who’s now the creative director of Lucky. Andrea photographed Chloe’s every move, turned her outfits into fashion spreads, and eventually had Jay McInerny proclaim her an “It Girl” in the 1993 fashion issue of The New Yorker. She was seventeen years old, with no stylist and virtually no clothing budget.
The proof? This vintage spread from a 1992 Sassy, which features the indie style icon wearing homemade hats and skater socks.
Maybe she really is born with it…


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Comments [17]

Dying. OMG, I remember making a patchwork hat after reading this, I never connected that this was Chloe Sevigny. Lord.

She’s so beautiful when she lets out a real smile!
Now that I have seen these, I don’t think I have ever seen a picture of her with a genuine smile.

i still have a few issues of sassy…what a great mag…
the overall dress is actually pretty cute…

oh my gosh, how cute!

chloe has so much fashion cred it hurts. have you seen the video where she goes off on the origins of the high-waist jean? she’s way more knowledgeable than most fashion editors i know, not to mention more stylish.

This almost makes me like her…not quite though.

ohmigod, I totally remember this!
I knew there was a reason I’ve worshipped Chloe from the get-go….because of Sassy!

i love this!!! and im not even into her like that.

Wow, this is fabulous! It’s so neat to be able to look back on stuff like this… she’s come a long way from running office errands!
She really reminds me of (singer) Katy Rose in that bottom left picture… and now that I look at it I think she looks a lot like Evan Rachel Wood as well.
I agree with an above comment – it’s so refreshing to see her smiling!

I miss the ’90s…

she looks so pretty in these pictures
and im definitelyloving that overall dress

when in hs, chloe used to not only make her own clothes…she would also make clothes for other people. some of these pieces still exist. collector’s items?

I totally remember this! The moment I laid eyes on it was the moment my Chloe worshiping began.

Born with what? A penchant for looking deranged?

I so remember this issue! Didn’t she also do a feature on making a mini shift dress from a pillowcase? I always wanted to try that project…

RACHEL EVAN WOOD, YES?
my god. identical.

Oh, thanks for the Chloe-Ness…….

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