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Gwenopolis
Having just come off a world tour promoting her record-breaking solo career and right before she steps into the studio with her old cohorts No Doubt, singer Gwen Stefani is flying too fast and bright to slow down. It’s safe to say that Stefani has become one of the gods of today’s pop music world, with plenty of devoted followers. Welcome to Gwenopolis.
A few days before I’m supposed to meet Gwen Stefani in Los Angeles for this interview, I just happen to run into her in a Virgin Megastore. Not surprisingly, Gwen is striking-movie-star blonde, impossibly big brown eyes, impeccable style. She also happens to be standing in a clear plastic box and is approximately 12″ tall. It’s the “Hollaback Gwen” doll, a fascinating (and, in this case, adorable) barometer of fame. It’s one thing to acquire international pop-star status, your own fashion empire, a level of wealth unimaginable to most humans, and what appears to be an enviable level of domestic bliss (right after this interview took place, Stefani indeed became pregnant with a second child). It’s quite another to actually see yourself immortalized in toy form. Read the rest of this article »
Article from April 01, 2008
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Flare Canada
The Reign of Cool
Gwen Stefani talks to Emma Sloley about making fashion in the fast lane.
The court of Gwen Stefani, it has to be said, is not unlike that of a modern-day Marie Antoinette. There are the loyal subjects to consider, stylish types of all fashion bustling around in a controlled frenzy of organizing and delegating. Instead of ladies in-waiting holding fans or champagne glasses, her crew is clutching clipboards and iPhones. There is the room itself, a magnificent high-ceilinged atelier tricked out in black-and-white-striped upholstery, mirrored walls and banquettes running the length of the picture windows (the head quarters for Stefani’s fashion line, L.A.M.B, in New York’s SoHo). And there is Stefani, resplendent amid the chaos in her signature sartorial finery: platinum-blond hair swept back in a slick, immovable ponytail, huge false eyelashes, poppy-red lips and an immaculate all-black outfit, with the pièce de résistance being a pair of towering black and white checkerboard heels. The requisite bling shows up as a diamond necklace spelling out “Stefani,” which swings around her neck. The scene comes complete with an heir apparent, the aptly named Kingston, who runs in at one point to test out his new throne, a black-and-white-striped mini-chair that his mother had made just for him. Read the rest of this article »
Article from April 01, 2008
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InStyle UK
The sweet life
She’s got it all -hit records, a hot clothing line, a new fragrance and a rocker husband who cooks for her. No doubt about it: Gwen Stefani is living it up, especially when she’s just hanging out backstage with baby Kingston. By Jancee Dunn.
At a recent stop of Gwen Stefani’s Sweet Escape tour, the centre of attention is making quite a scene backstage. Shrieks pierce the air. Objects are flying. It’s not Gwen, of course. It’s one-year-old Kingston, happily throwing his toys around the room. The singer has brought her son along and he has adapted admirably to road life. “Although this morning he woke up at six,” she says. “And I was like, ‘Okay, I’m going to die right now’. I definitely don’t get enough sleep, but I’d rather spend time with him. I’ve got this extra-fun, amazing little guy who just wants to hang out with me.” Read the rest of this article »
Article from November 01, 2007
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Grazia UK
Gwen: “Yes, Gavin and I have had rough patches”
Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale seem to be bucking the trend for celebrity nano-marriages. So how do they manage it? It’s not easy, Gwen tells Grazia on the eve of her UK tour. You should see her phone bill…
“We see each other here and there,” Gwen Stefani says of her husband of five years, Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale. “But we’re always on the phone. He understands what being on the road is like and so he knows how to cheer me up when he senses that I’m tired and a bit down. It would be much tougher to do this if I didn’t have a man like that in my life.” Having been on a grueling world tour for the past six months that has seen her sell out arenas from South America to New Zealand, Gwen know all about coping with long-distance love. In fact, she recently confessed she’s envious of the close relationship the couple’s 15-month son has forged with Gavin, whom she married in a pink and white Galliano dress in 2002. But today she’s in a philosophical mood: “I don’t think it’s any harder for me than it is for any woman who has a career and a family,” she shrugs. “As you get older, you’re better able to balance all the ups and downs and deal with tensions that come between you and your partner.” Read the rest of this article »
Article from September 24, 2007
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InStyle USA
The sweet life
She’s got it all -hit records, a hot clothing line, a new fragrance and a rocker husband who cooks for her. No doubt about it: Gwen Stefani is living it up, especially when she’s just hanging out backstage with baby Kingston. By Jancee Dunn.
At a recent stop of Gwen Stefani’s Sweet Escape tour, the centre of attention is making quite a scene backstage. Shrieks pierce the air. Objects are flying. It’s not Gwen, of course. It’s one-year-old Kingston, happily throwing his toys around the room. The singer has brought her son along and he has adapted admirably to road life. “Although this morning he woke up at six,” she says. “And I was like, ‘Okay, I’m going to die right now’. I definitely don’t get enough sleep, but I’d rather spend time with him. I’ve got this extra-fun, amazing little guy who just wants to hang out with me.” Read the rest of this article »
Article from September 01, 2007
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