Photographer Deirdre Lewis and stylist Sydney Rose Thomas shoot the runway star in an editorial that oozes both grit and glamour.
, our senior fashion editor-at-large, in an image series that highlights her simultaneous senses of grit, sensuality and glamour. Here, we get to know what makes one of the most exciting faces of the moment tick.Hi Alva! Tell us a bit about yourself. Where are you from? And where are you now?
Kindness, really! And being something different in this industry. Growing up it always felt like I was stood on the outside looking in at something that I wasn't sure that I could be a part of. I want to give off a sense of kindness, empathy, fun, and fearlessness. If something hasn't been done before, or I'm the first person to do it, I don't care — I've got to create space and opportunities for myself and others.
**It's been a bit of an emotional one. The main moments for me, though, have been about quiet time — spending time in parks reading, and things like that. It's been about those pockets of time where I can switch off and be alone., actually. I can really connect to her as a mixed-race woman who's young and grew up in London, and then moved to New York, and the way that she writes about her characters has always resonated really deeply.
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