Get Ready with Zooey Deschanel for the Rosie Assoulin NYFW Show

Getting ready for any fashion show begins with the outfit. “Mainly I’m talking on the phone with my stylist,” Deschanel says. “I put a lot of thought into how I put things together, and how we’re choosing to do glam. If you’re going to someone’s show and wearing part of their new collection, you want to make sure you’re doing it justice as much as possible—and staying true to your own style.”

“I’ve always been someone who wears what feels good to me, what I feel cute is. I’ve had a very distinct sense of style since I was a kid, and I’ve always had very strong opinions. I find a lot of joy in it, and a lot of joy in trusting myself.”

“I love this dress—it’s so beautiful and I like that it has a nice kind of combination of feeling like the fabric was casual, but the construction and design was very fancy and very formal,” Deschanel says about the Rosie Assoulin piece she wore to the show. “I love that juxtaposition—it felt super fresh and elegant.”

“Because it was a dress and it fit well, I didn’t have to do as much styling; I wasn’t having to put different things together and see what worked together. It just fit! Then it was about picking my shoes and figuring that out. It just worked right away, so that was cool,” she says.

“I’ve had a bit of a renewed sense of joy in dressing myself in the last few months. I just gave my closet a huge clean out and took everything out that didn’t feel like me,” Deschanel says. “There were a lot of things in my closet that were like, ‘Oh, this is easy, this is cute and pretty, but maybe it should be in someone else’s closet!’ Cleaning out your closet is such a wonderful thing because you realize somebody else can get something out of it. I have friends that look incredible in certain things that don’t look incredible on me.”

When attending NYFW, Deschanel says, “I’m definitely looking for things that I think will work on me, and taking in the overall vibe of the season. What colors are we playing with? What shapes and silhouettes? How are they putting everything together? How does it make me feel when I look at it?”

Deschanel attended several shows with her new fiancé, Jonathan Silver Scott. “He’s very easy going,” she says. “Because he comes from a construction and design background, he has a lot of appreciation for how everything is put together. So much thought goes into, how to display the clothes, how they’re visually presenting everything—so that was very interesting to him.”

He likes fashion, but doesn’t like to shop, she says, “so I do a lot of shopping for him because I love shopping. I run out of stuff to by for myself! So I buy stuff for him and my kids.”

“I love being in New York,” Deschanel shares. “It is such a vibrant, inspiring city that feels so energizing and exciting to me, and I know Jonathan feels the same way. We love getting to catch up with friends and eating good food. I like walking around and window shopping.”

“I really love Rosie Assoulin’s [work]. I always think that if I get inspired when I look at a piece, that is just the mark of a great designer, and I feel very inspired when I see her clothes. I actually hadn’t had a chance to meet her until I went, and she’s just so warm and lovely. The brand really reflects that warmth and elegance that she has. It all just feels very chic.”

Pictured here with Assoulin at the Rosie Assoulin Presentation during New York Fashion Week.