Tallulah Willis doesn’t want to be thought of as another privileged celebrity child slapping her name on a clothing label.
Candid about her mental health and body image issues, eating disorder and sobriety, she spoke about how the ultra-enhanced glare of the tabloids amplified those struggles. After entering rehab in 2014, an employee at the treatment center “stole” her intake form and sold it to the tabloids, she said. That building confidence can be seen in her Los Angeles-based company. After introducing T-shirts and sweatshirts under the Wyllis label last season with brand manager Rachael Finley, Willis has unveiled a broader vintage-inspired collection that includes dresses, crepe pants, leggings, footwear and other new items. Finley guided her through the logistics — ideas, patterns, samples, fittings, sourcing fabric and zippers, selecting Pantone colors.Her venture into fashion was years in the making.
She added, “I wish it hadn’t happened. But more importantly, I wish that by me being so candid about it, I can prevent future generations from having to walk through what me and my sisters have had to walk through.” Confident as she is in this new business venture, Willis said she has been suicidal and “the most prominent low moment” was in the fall of 2018. “I have been suicidal. I have been in that place. I’m right next to anyone, who has ever felt that way. It’s an incomprehensible, terrible feeling that anyone has felt it knows,” she said. “You don’t even understand the pain that you are going through. How can you begin to articulate it? I really wanted to cement the idea that you are not alone.
Not the kind of person who puts on an outfit to stay-at-home, Willis said she has been living in nightgowns and robes as of late. Vintage bags and shoes are her weakness, and the five floor-to-ceiling shoes racks in her home are testimony to that. “But I’m barefoot most of the time,” she said with a laugh. “It’s like a collector sitting there patting their fingers together, [saying] ‘My precious babies — so pretty.
She is. The average person can't afford $150 for a shirt