The performance art of being Julia Fox
Julia Fox discusses the chaotic catharsis of spilling her darkest secrets to the world in debut memoir Down the Drain, and tracks the DIY beginnings of her magnetic public persona.
Photographer Luca Venter Words Megan Wallace Fashion Briana Andalore Hair John Novotny for OPUS Beauty using Oribe Makeup Julian Stoller for OPUS Beauty using Make Up Forever Creative Direction Umar Sarwar Art Direction Jack Rowe Exec Producer James Hazlett-Beard Set Designer Allison Freeman Set Design Assistant Max Garson Photography Assistant Chris Lloyd Production Company Art Engine Location Industria Studios NYC Line Producer Michael Ashford Location Management Paige Dorian It’s 1pm in New York and Julia Fox is “just hanging out” wearing a grey marl sweatshirt, her back against a plain white wall.
It’s a conspicuously lowkey set-up for Fox – a fashion alchemist whose improbable outfits have incorporated everything from condoms to literal flames – but there’s a hint of magic still lingering from the day before.
Due to the omni-present exhaustion that comes with being a mother to a toddler, she fell asleep in her makeup and hasn’t had time to wash her face.
