Tracee Ellis Ross Sizzles in Nothing but a Beige Coat for New Interview: Photos
The ‘Girlfriends’ alum rocked some daring fashion pieces for her latest magazine cover shoot on October 25 and revealed where she got her love for chic clothing.
, who turns 51 in the coming days, nearly bared it all for ‘ tenth issue on October 25! The black-ish alum wowed in several sexy looks, including a beige Bottega Veneta coat and nude pumps. Tracee rocked the coat with nothing seemingly underneath and accessorized her ensemble with the aforementioned heels. “Long-time @hommegirls admirer, first time HOMME GIRL COVER GIRL!” Tracee captioned the from the shoot via Instagram.
In the photos, taken by Martine Syms, the Girlfriends actress styled her raven-hued tresses in elegant curls. Tracee also added a bold to her minimal glam. For the fashion mag’s Fall/Winter 2023 issue, Tracee opened up about where her love for all things first began. “I was a magazine girl. I have magazines from ’83 all the way through like the late ’90s when I stopped collecting them. Elle, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, like everything, and I would just comb through them,” she explained to the outlet.
“I thought my life was like an editorial shoot or like a runway,” Tracee continued. “And then I started working at Ralph Lauren, so I had . And then and it was always like a game — how could I get the things that I felt matched my taste.” The Pattern Beauty founder went on to explain how she shopped for fashion ahead of her success in Hollywood. “I started to become a vintage girl. All through college I would do the Salvation Army,” Tracee shared.
“I loved vintage shopping. I had a collection of Levi’s cords in like salmon and green… and that’s just the way I did it until I started making my own money,” she said. Now, , she recalled how the clothes she rocked in her younger years were a form of “armor” for herself. “As a kid it was armor for me and then as a teen it was sort of the way I dressed myself and then it became the way I express myself — it was a form of creative expression,” Tracee added. “I just have a genuine . Not fashion. Clothing.”
In a separate daring look for the photoshoot, Tracee rocked a with a denim skirt. She also wowed her fans with a monochromatic , all from her personal clothing archive. Additionally, the fashionista explained that her mother did not financially support her passion for fashion growing up.
“My mom told me to get a job at a certain point. She was like, yeah yeah I don’t pay for all this stuff. I don’t know what you think this is,” she explained. “I make sure you are fed, you have a roof over your head and that you have doctors appointments and you have clothes on your back but we don’t do fashion. That’s not what a mother has to do. She’s like, that’s on you kiddo. That’s your obsession.” The new issue of HOMMEGIRLS will begin shipping on November 1.