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Priyanka Chopra Was Scared to Try This Trend. Now, She Can’t Stop Wearing It.
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As an award-winning actor, producer, winner of the Miss World 2000 pageant, and mom to daughter Malti, Priyanka Chopra is well-suited to teach a master class. Marshalls tapped her for its first-ever Good Stuff Social Club program, which will take place in NYC on Oct. 20 and 21, and Chopra will lead a course called “Lessons For Getting the Good Stuff in Life.”
“I create space in my life for me to be able to wear my attitude, which could be good, bad, or ugly.”
The 41-year-old star will discuss everything from self-worth and wellness to financial planning and career development at the free, two-day event. At the ticketed session, for which sign-ups are on a first-come, first-serve basis, Chopra will be styling an outfit from Marshalls. “Marshalls has amazing clothes and such a variety of brands,” she told POPSUGAR over the phone. “I’m going to find something that makes me feel powerful, stylish, fashion forward, but at the same time confident.”
One trend that makes Chopra feel confident is crop tops, though at one point, she was hesitant to wear abbreviated shirts. “I was training for a movie recently, and I had a reintroduction with my abs after a long time,” she explained. “I hadn’t been confident about wearing crop tops and stuff like that.” However, she ultimately had a change of heart. “I wasn’t sure when I was walking out the door, but I was like, ‘Alright, I’m going to push myself.’ And then eventually I turned around and added that into my wardrobe a lot more.”
In an exclusive interview with POPSUGAR ahead, she elaborates on her partnership with Marshalls and explains why her personal style journey has first and foremost been based on feeling.
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On Partnering With Marshalls
POPSUGAR: Why was it important for you to accept the role of keynote speaker for the Marshalls Good Stuff Social Club?
Priyanka Chopra: Given everything that’s going on in the world, we should always make time to build community and create safe spaces. The whole idea of the the Good Stuff Social Club is to build bridges instead of walls – instead of building barriers, bring people together. Being able to uplift women’s dreams and aspirations and to amplify their voices with a mighty company like Marshalls behind it will help to rewrite the script. It’s an amazing example of good work being done by a company that literally stands for it. For a very long time, women have been herded in directions. For example, the technology that we are consuming is mostly designed by men. We need so many more women in tech, and we see that happening now with women coming into coding.
PS: Do you feel like being the face of “getting the good stuff” comes with any pressure?
PC: No. In fact, I think it’s the opposite. I think that what I truly love about this activation is that it’s not about my face or one face or one voice. It’s about actually coming together and empowering each other in every single thing that we all want, whether it’s collective or whether it’s individual. All women have their own unique challenges and obstacles, and I think this is an environment to be each other’s cheerleaders. This is just me talking about my experiences and engaging in empowering conversation with amazing women that will be present in the room.
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On Showing Off Her Abs
PS: Have you tried out a trend or specific look in recent history that surprised you, whether good or bad?
PC: I was training for a movie recently, and I had a reintroduction with my abs after a long time. I hadn’t been confident about wearing crop tops and stuff like that. I was going to a public place, and I remember I wore a crop top and skirt, and I was really nervous about it. I was like, “Oh man, I’m not going to be comfortable sitting,” and all those things that you think about when you’re wearing a crop top. But I felt good because I felt healthy, confident, and fit, and I was really surprised. I wasn’t sure when I was walking out the door, but I was like, “Alright, I’m going to push myself.” And then eventually I turned around and added that into my wardrobe a lot more.
“If confidence was tangible, your outfit would be that.”
PS: What would you say to someone who doesn’t have as much experience mustering up the confidence to walk outside in an unfamiliar look?
PC: It has to be your version of it. My version of it was this experience. Confidence is about how you carry yourself once you let fashion resonate with how you’re feeling and you find your mode of self-expression. If confidence was tangible, your outfit would be that. It’s like wearing your confidence on the outside. So ask yourself what you want to achieve today – whether you have a job interview or you’re just going to work and doing your hair differently or maybe trying a different hat.
I wasn’t a hat person for the longest time, and then I was just like, “You know what? I’m going to try it again.” And now I’m suddenly a baseball cap person. If you’re curious about putting away that negative attitude and pushing yourself in the moment, do something you’ve been thinking about doing but haven’t. Just do it, then see how you feel.