The Gilded Age actress speaks to BAZAAR.com about starring in the luxury department store's fashion film and embracing the empowered freedom of the 1970s.
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Benton describes it as a"fashion masterpiece" made possible by costume designer Kasia Walicka-Maimone and says it reminds her of"decadent old New York, which to me, is synonymous with the way that Bergdorf Goodman also represents the classically timeless New York fashion experience." Benton feels quite at home in front of the camera, but she says she was always intimidated by and never felt"cool enough" for the fashion world—that is until she got to skate around Manhattan's most prestigious store."This opportunity blows all that imposter syndrome right out the window and gave me a chance to truly geek out on all of this wearable art," she says.
"When I think of the '70s, I think of a return in women claiming the political power in looking the way we want to, especially Black women," Benton says."We evolved from the respectability politics of the 1960s and led the charge of Black queer feminist liberation movements, which to me conjures up images of no bras, bright colors, big Afros, body hair if we want to—Betty Davis saying yes to all of her power.
"I am a sucker for a simple bright-colored slip maxi dress and some slip-on sandals or mules—nothing makes me feel sexier and freer and in my body," she tellsof my heart eyes right now. I tend to lean toward comfort that shows off my curves, and his designs do that in the most vibrant and elevated way. He turns what could be a simple maxi dress into an entire event or a flowy pants set into a brilliantly colored showstopper.
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