NYLON Magazine - September 2007 - (Page 166) THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS IN THE THROES OF A ROMANCE WITH MARILYN MANSON, AND WITH A NUMBER OF HIGH-PROFILE FILMS ON THE HORIZON, EVAN RACHEL WOOD IS SITTING PRETTY. BY KATE WILLIAMS. PHOTOGRAPHED BY MARVIN SCOTT JARRETT On a Tuesday afternoon, the lobby of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel is nearly empty. It’s quiet enough that the clacking of a girl’s high heels on the tiled floors is all it takes to make those who are here look up, and so dark and hazy that it takes a few moments of disoriented blinking to adjust. And it takes a lot of blinking to adjust to Evan Rachel Wood. Shortly before we meet, her publicist called to give me a quick rundown of what Wood was wearing—sometimes people miss her, the publicist explained, because she looks so normal. I’d scoffed and assured her that I’d have no problem finding her, but it’s true as Wood hurries into the lobby, I can’t help but think that if I wasn’t on the lookout for a girl in a skirt and black sweater, I might have let her rush right by. The top button of Wood’s cardigan is undone, but it still reveals only about an inch of skin below her clavicle, her heels are a pair of demure mary janes, and her black patent leather purse looks like an old lady’s pocketbook. Tall and wispy, and with her eyes smoked with black shadow and her hair in a flip, she looks like a melancholic ’60s housewife and not at all like the disgruntled teenager or underage seductress one might expect. She appears quite at home in the cavernous, gothic room, and I get the impression that, if she wanted to hide, she could just discreetly step behind a candelabra and be done with it. As we settle into a corner, Wood flips quickly through a menu before pushing it aside. “That’s why I was late, I was waiting for room stylist: aya t. kanai. prop stylist: brian mcsherry. hair: daniel erdman for vavoom at avantgroupe.com. makeup: elaine offers for exclusive/ stila. manicurist: ashlie johnson at the wall group. stylist’s assistant: diane chang. shot at pier 59 studios west. artwork by karen combs of nama rococo. dress, necklace, and belt by dior by john galliano. avantgroupe.com
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