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*Tracee Ellis Ross‘ new clothing line just launched at JC Penney — and she describes it as “the perfect collaboration” because “one of the things I feel really strongly about is that everyone should have access to style, everyone should have access to beautiful things, everybody and all walks of life.”
The Black-ish star tells PeopleStyle that her fashion sense was inspired by her famous mother.
“I was spit out by my mom [Diana Ross] so it [fashion] has been in my genes since I was a kid, and I worked in the fashion industry for years when I was growing up,” Ellis Ross says if her new Tracee Ellis Ross for JCP collection. “I was a fashion editor and stylist. Then I moved into the acting world and my love of clothing never stopped. I’ve always dreamt of creating a line.”
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The line includes 28 pieces that are all under $80, and she took style inspiration from her own wardrobe — along from her mom and icons including Audrey Hepburn, Katherine Hepburn, Nina Simone and a “little bit of Cher.”
“It is a collection but it’s more of a wardrobe,” she shared. “It’s all based around how I dress and how I pull myself together which has a lot to do with ease and comfort and feeling empowered and also joyful in my clothing. So there’s a lot of color and sparkle and joy and pattern in everything.”
So what are her favorite pieces?
“It’s all pretty special,” she says, but notes that a tuxedo jacket she created for the line should be a staple in every woman’s wardrobe.
“For years, I’ve been asked, ‘What is the one piece of clothing that you would say that people should buy or spend money on in their closet?’ And the tuxedo jacket is always what I say. You can wear it over a dress, you can wear it over a gown, over jeans with a t-shirt, over sweatpants,” she explained.
“You can kind of do anything with a tux jacket. This is a really nice one,” she says of her creation. “It’s got a nice little shoulder and it kind of nips in a little bit at the waist so it gives you like that little swirl that you like in the waist area.”
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