Angelina Jolie Is Healing Through Fashion

Angelina Jolie saw your retail therapy and raised you a full-on fashion epiphany. The actor, producer, and director is opening up a new venture with Atelier Jolie, a place to reuse and repair clothing, as well as tailor sustainably but also stylishly (more on that in a sec). It’s a project that’s anything but superficial. She opened up about her style and her rough years in a new interview, and we can’t help but see parallels.

“I wonder if I don’t know what my style is because I’m still understanding who I am at 48. I guess I’m in transition as a person,” the star told Vogue for the magazine’s latest cover. “I feel a bit down these days. I don’t feel like I’ve been myself for a decade, in a way, which I don’t want to get into.” She may not want to get into it—fair!—but we all know what she’s talking about. Jolie adds that she cut back on her filming schedule “seven years ago,” which, yes, lines up with that timeline. During that time, she says, she was “only taking jobs that didn’t require long shoots.”

“We had a lot of healing to do,” she added referring to her family. "We’re still finding our footing.”

So why add another commitment with Atelier Jolie? “I think part of this has also been therapeutic for me—to work in a creative space with people you trust and to rediscover yourself…. I’m hoping to change many aspects of my life. And this is the forward-facing one.”

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Right. So. This actually makes total sense. Angelina Jolie isn’t going to start designing dresses or slapping her name on a department store line. She’s leasing a physical space in downtown NYC to showcase others’ work, with a focus on sustainability. Per the Atelier Jolie website, “We will use only leftover, quality vintage material and deadstock. You will be able to repair or upcycle pieces from your closet you wish to revive, perfecting fit, breathing new life into what could have been thrown away, and creating quality heirloom garments with personal meaning.”