The FADER/2013/Interview

===Interviewhttps://www.thefader.com/2013/05/16/interview-grimes-and-angel-haze-on-versace/===
Grimes
I read your Tumblr post the other day about being called vapid because you love clothes so much. It seems like you have a complicated relationship to fashion. I really do care about fashion, but a lot of the issues I care about are at odds with things in the fashion industry. That’s more what I was trying to address. It’s a complicated issue, but it’s one I care about. Music can be the same. Any industry has a really shitty side. The music industry has a really crappy side too. It’s because they’re industries.
So then what do you love about Versace? I won’t even call them a brand, because it’s a family, Donatella and Allegra. And I just feel like they’re really strong women. And we’ve sort of become friends. And it’s stuff I actually do wear, because it’s vampire-chic.
You grew up on Donatella being a celeb, too. I just thought she was bad-ass. She doesn’t care what people think. I just like that there’s such a strong sense of branding and Italian identity. And it’s so flamboyant. It just has more of a face on it.
What was it like when you met Donatella? It was scary the first time but then I chilled out. I just played her show and she, like, partied. It was pretty good.
Tell me a little bit about your personal style. I feel like I dress terribly. I’m just a lazy dresser.
Summer is approaching. Any summer style or grooming essentials? Very little grooming, probably. I’ll probably just wear a lot of kimonos and stuff.
Do you have style icons? I do and I don’t. I’m most interested in constant change, with my art and my music, so I feel like I do a lot of things differently in terms of fashion. Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes and Marina Abramovic are probably the best dressed people. Or, like, Cleopatra.
Have you been factoring in high fashion stuff into your wardrobe? Donatella gave me this trench coat and I wear it every day.
It's funny because you come from a punk background but now you’re all grown and fancy and fashion-y. I like to do both. I still have never worn heels anywhere. I wore my running shoes the last time I played Donatella’s show.
What are you working on musically? I’m in my weird darky creepy basement, working so much. I’m kind of taking a break at this very moment because I went really heavy last week and I spent too much time listening to my own voice. I did like a 36 hour day so now I can’t listen to music.
Are you still producing everything yourself, or has Grimes become a bigger project? Yea, it's all me. I’ll mix it with somebody, but I feel like production is part of my songwriting process. If someone else produces it, it doesn’t feel like I made it. I’m a good enough producer that it’s fine. It gets frustrating because there’s stuff you want to know how to do that you just don’t know, but you can figure it out.
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