Natasha Lyonne is nobody's ingenue

It would be infuriating if Natasha Lyonne hasn't launched a major fashion campaign yet, except that the one she finally landed is just too good. As the new face of COS, the actress/director/producer fixes a camera filmed by Mario Sorrenti and styled by Camilla Nickerson. In the images, Lyonne is wearing a black peacoat and fishnets, framed by a New York rooftop and not at all concerned that she has no pants on. As children say: She eats.

As I imagine, she eats, drinks, smokes, and creates, and has a whole life outside of this fashion racket, which—Lyonne assures me - is the whole point. “I think COS is great because the quality is very good; very nice, but also, you can go to a store and get it. You can wear it even if you don't have a stylist, or a lot of time to find yourself. It's like a shortcut to getting it right."

Lyonne calls me on her way to work: she's filming Poker Face, Rian Johnson's TV series of Knives Out< /em>, and since she's way more interesting than me, I'm going to step away from you and tell you what she said.

You write, direct, act and now model for COS. How are fashion shoots and film shoots similar?

Oh, well if I'm lucky, I'm really having fun on it. And I really had fun on COS. There's one thing where when I work with really really talented people in fashion or entertainment, I realize that the majority of people are >not incredibly talented. .

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What I've noticed with both is that when you're working with great people, there's a comfort and ease that isn't so stressful… If you do it right, and if you trust your work, the stress in a work environment really goes away. It's like the opposite of being uncertain, of wondering, "Did this really go as planned?" And when you move with that kind of ease, you make everyone feel comfortable too… At this point, I try not to wear clothes that make me physically uncomfortable in my own skin. Nobody has an interest in making others uncomfortable, it's certainly not fashionable.

You've had some pretty epic looks lately: the COS campaign, the Miu Miu dress at the Venice Film Festival...

Do you know that you have to get dressed and then get on a boat? Once I realized that, I thought, "D OK, someone must have thought this through - there must be a system for getting off a boat at the Venice Film Festival if you're wearing heels. Indeed, there are. It's crazy. Please describe.

Well. First you mostly waver, then you do a quick prayer. Next thing you know, you're inside a boat. And then the wind blows your hair and makeup upside down, right? And then they pull you out of the boat. And I look at these other young actresses next to me who look like nothing just happened, and I'm like, 'Guys, I don't know if you should be really jaded. on this subject." And they're like, "Uh, okay ma'am, we've seen all of this before."

This may be overkill, and if so, let me know. But do you think there's a parallel between how you land a joke onscreen, or land a scene when you're directing, and how you land a fashion look? For example, you have to know when something is right and something is wrong, right?

Hmmm… no, I don't think there's any real similarity… actually… You know, I think [with both] I know it works when, again times, I really feel like myself, and not...