Celeb encounters of the close kind No 2: Avril Lavigne

Avril Lavigne backstage at Diesel's spring/summer 2007 show.

SO WHAT'S YOUR CONNECTION TO DIESEL?
I'm wearing Diesel everything right now. Shoes, belt, jeans. I'm all Diesel. And I was invited here tonight as a guest of Renzo's.

HAVEN'T WE SEEN YOU AT A FEW DIFFERENT FASHION EVENTS RECENTLY?
This is actually my second fashion show.

WHAT WAS THE FIRST ONE?
Chanel.

SO YOU'RE INTERESTED IN FASHION?
Yeah I love it.

JUST ON THAT CHANEL SHOW, THERE WAS SOME COMMENT RECENTLY ABOUT YOU MOVING FROM THE SK8ER LOOK TO SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE UPTOWN
My look, my fashion style is definitely still like, rock and roll, just more of a glammed-up version I guess.

SO WHY ARE THERE SO MANY CELEBRITIES AT NEW YORK FASHION WEEK?
Yeah, you know, it comes with the territory. It's like, you know, when you're a celebrity, you do so many photoshoots and red carpets and a big part of the career is how you look and so it all ties in together.

YES BUT ABOVE ALL THESE PUBLIC EVENTS, WHAT IS IT ABOUT FASHION IN PARTICULAR, AND FASHION WEEKS AND MOST NOTABLY OF ALL, NEW YORK FASHION WEEK?
Everyone loves it. Everyone loves clothes and celebrities often set trends. I'm just here because I love Diesel and they invited me and they're like, 'Come out'. And I'm like, 'All right, cool'. I haven't been out much to any of these things, so it's fun.

DOES IT BOTHER YOU WHEN PEOPLE CRITIQUE YOUR LOOK?
My fans have always like, you know, worn what I wear and I've been like a trendsetter to my fans. Especially when I came out with like, the tie and everything. And I always thought that was really cool. To have an influence on like, so many people.

COULD THAT BE A DAUNTING PROSPECT?
It's not scary it's just like, really cool. It's like something I never would have thought would happen to me.

MIGHT WE SEE AN AVRIL LAVIGNE FASHION LINE AT SOME STAGE THEN?
Well I am a creative girl and I'm very visual and I love clothes so, maybe.

ARE YOU WORKING ON ONE?
No, but it could be really fun.

SO WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE... A TIE RANGE?
It would be very much like the clothes I wear.

SO TIES, THEN?
I don't wear ties any more.

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