Rosie Assoulin & Leandra Medine: The Chatroom

How many times have you had a brilliant idea? A really loud and hard to ignore one, as though your brain were a pot and inside it, a rainbow, just bubbling and gurgling and cooking -- and you got so excited about it that your heart raced as you thumbed notes to yourself in your phone. "I can do this," you probably said.
"But..."
That but is deadly. It halts dreams and squashes imagination.
...But I'm too busy.
...But I'm not good enough.
...But I can't.
We all do it, of course. But, what if you finally ran out of excuses? What if you pulled out your now-dusty notebook and flipped through the pages holding your thoughts and bursts of free association, and then you stared them right in the eye and took them seriously?
Ask Rosie Assoulin, winner of the 2015 CFDA Swarovski Award for Womenswear, who created her first collection because the pot, finally, boiled over. In this edition of The Chatroom, Leandra speaks to Rosie about this very moment (among other things: being put in boxes, mad libs, "big ass silk faille tops," the usual).
You're almost guaranteed to fall in love with the designer, but where you may find yourself surprised is at how inspired you feel after watching.
Video by Jay Buim
Music by Topher Mohr and Alex Elena - Fortaleza
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[@tarinahanji6063]

A) Thank you for helping me pronounce Assoulin correctly. B) "There is no kind of "girl". I don't know who that is." LOVE THAT and couldn't agree more. C) Really enjoyed the interview and getting to know the person behind the name a bit. Makes me love her clothes even more. Thank you.

[@heymadame3404]

i love leandra's personality and i feel she surrounds herself with cool-ass people like she is ! i'm addicted to the whole man repeller universe!

[@elemuelu]

I love watching interviews, I find it rather odd that there isn't that many of Rosie Assoulin. She seems legit - thanks man repeller.

[@yooki198]

aww this makes me wanna blow my paycheck buying her stuff. Rosie is super cool!

[@505olivia]

loved this video! super inspiring, you girls are too cool :)) x

[@christinem8609]

I cringe when people where shoes on the bed.

[@giafassion]

Christine M Me too!

[@5itka]

Christine M i cringe when people write "where" instead of "wear"

[@Mariaioannou_]

5sitka ok...she made a spelling mistake, congratulations you're a human being! But the point still stands that putting dirty shoes that have been outside, on the bed, is gross and unhygienic, therefore cringey.

[@Skims24]

Christine M I fucking hate it too.

[@anabelvenegas6136]

Rosie is Charming, she is like the Frances Ha of clothing. I need to WEAR her designs. Love this channel.

[@alexjplester]

you're making more videos!! yaaaaas keep it up - so good!

[@nataliev9243]

loooove.

[@solangeGP]

Leandra! you make me smile soo much. ps: what the hell was your right hand doing in the video jjajaja

[@xc5488]

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