Halle Bailey discovering her trend id — due partly to sister Chloe Bailey.
Halle, 23, opened up about her fashion evolution following her slew of breathtaking ensembles whereas selling the Little Mermaid earlier this yr. “I’m positively not a pure,” Halle shockingly admitted in a Tuesday, September 5, interview with Cosmopolitan. “I look again at a few of my footage on the purple carpet and chortle.”
Halle instructed the publication that her need to place extra effort into her wardrobe has elevated as she’s gotten older. “My physique is altering, I’m studying who I’m. I wish to be attractive. I wish to really feel good. I wish to put on garments that embrace the place I’m in life,” Halle defined.
Halle Bailey. Francois Durand/Getty Photographs
She continued, “My confidence has gotten deeper and greater with the assistance of my sister. She’s all the time been an extroverted, attractive, demanding sort of presence. As I’ve watched her, I’m like, ‘That’s so cool. I hope sooner or later I can do this.’” She gushed, “[Chloe] helps me discover my footing on this complete adult-woman world.” (Chloe, 25, is understood to indicate off her curvy determine in see-through clothes, skintight catsuits and cleavage-baring tops.)
Chloe Bailey and Halle Bailey. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Photographs for Revolve
Halle — who was named as certainly one of Us Weekly’s Breakout Fashion Stars of 2023 alongside Jennifer Lawrence, Ashley Park, Florence Pugh, Mindy Kaling and Sydney Sweeney — had all eyes on her throughout the Little Mermaid press tour when she took Us below the ocean in a liquid organza gown Valdrin Sahiti on the Los Angeles premiere on Might 8. The glimmering robe highlighted Halle’s determine and was outfitted with a shell-shaped bodice and a figure-hugging silhouette — making Bailey seem like a mermaid on land.
Halle Bailey. Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
She later turned heads on the U.Okay. screening in a cloud-like design from Miss Sohee that featured a halter development, a plunging neckline and crystal beading all through in addition to ruffles on the bodice. Bailey additionally stood out on the Met Gala, gracing the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Artwork in a customized Gucci ensemble that featured a lace halter gown and a ruffled cape.
Halle instructed Cosmopolitan that her affinity for textures and crowd pleasing silhouettes is purposeful. “I like to search out shapes that make me be ok with myself. As a result of I’m smaller, as a result of I’m petite, I nonetheless wish to really feel like a lady.”
