Mandy Moore has gone seamlessly from teenage pop star to rom-com queen to This Is Us actress and now, she’s dipping her toes in the fashion world. As Fossil’s newest ambassador, Moore stars in the brand’s Fall campaign, which features her watch designs and marks her first partnership in the fashion space.
To launch the collaboration, the This Is Us star hosted a dinner celebrating women and the power of female friendship on Saturday night. Nestled in the hills of Malibu, the evening unfolded at One Gun Ranch—a sustainable women-led farm co-owned by Alice Bamford and Anne Eysenring—complete with horses, roaming dogs and pigs, and incredible sunset views of Malibu.
Moore translated the campaign’s concept of authenticity and inspiring women into a dinner of the ladies who inspire her most—including This Is Us co-star Chrissy Metz and influencers like Emily Schuman, Marianna Hewitt, Jacey Duprie, and Katherine Schwarzenegger.
At the dinner, Moore (dressed in a stunning red Rosie Assoulin cape dress) explained to BAZAAR.com how important these relationships have been throughout her career, “A lot of the women who inspire me are at the dinner here tonight. I feel really lucky that I have a lot of powerful, self-assured, and confident ladies in my life that I get to lean on—people that I work with and friends. I feel like I have this constant force of inspiration in that sense and people to look up to and feel comfortable to be myself in front of. Those are the women that have the biggest impact on me on a daily basis.”
Along with the women in her life, Moore also looked to her home renovations and Pinterest for inspiration for her first design collab. “The partnership came about when I was at the tail-end of the design process of my home, so I was immersed in fixtures and materials and stuff that I was inspired by while redoing my house. I sent a lot of Pinterest-y tear sheets that I sent to the designer working on my house [to Fossil] and they took it and made it into watch form.”
The end result was her watch face design for Fossil’s new Q Venture HR smartwatch, “I took my obsession and my affinity for terrazzo, geometric patterns, and brass inlay and put it towards the dial designs of the watch. There’s not enough terrazzo in our lives these days!”
Despite this being her first design partnership, it’s hardly Moore’s foray into the fashion world. Working with stylist Cristina Ehrlich, the actress has become a force on the red carpet in show-stopping looks by brands like Rodarte and Johanna Ortiz, and notes she’s come a long way from her early-aughts style choices. “I think every day is another opportunity to use fashion as self-expression and not pigeonhole yourself, having fun and the freedom to try new things and just feel empowered in that way,” she explained.
“Every day is another opportunity to use fashion as self-expression and not pigeonhole yourself.”
While some teenage pop stars may have had trouble navigating their careers as they got older, Moore has impressively managed a diverse lineup of projects over the years—all of which feel authentic to her persona. The secret? It’s all about sticking to her gut.
“I think it always falls back on the gut check—if there’s any doubt, don’t do it. Something has to feel good across the board, it has to be representative of me, to make me empowered. Anything that feels disingenuous is going to come across as such, I’m a terrible liar. In a work sense, it’s about finding projects that challenge me and shift my perspective, but something I feel I could add value to.”
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