Actresses Ashley Greene, Nicole Richie, Dianna Agron and Eva Amurri appear the Ella Moss 10 Year Anniversary Celebration in July (photos by Michael Buckner/Staff).
As the architect and artistic force abaft abreast characterization Ella Moss, Pamella Protzel-Scott has a agog faculty of the easy-going, beach-loving, avant-garde bohemian woman she's designing for -- apparently because her ambition chump is aloof like her. The West Coast native's appearance collection, best accepted for its signature stripes and body-skimming separates in drape-y rayon, is a basic at every top boutique. The appearance band additionally aloof acclaimed its 10th birthday, with celeb admirers Nicole Richie, Ashley Greene and Diana Agron ambulatory for the break at a West Hollywood bash. Emily Hsieh, a approved contributor to The Inside Source, eBay's agenda appearance magazine, sat bottomward with Protzel-Scott (who's additionally oversees the Ella Moss sister brand, Splendid) to acquisition out what's on her appearance alarm appropriate now (hint: '70s best dresses and acceptable Navajo beading), and to dig added into what fuels a appearance artist with such austere blockage power.
The Inside Source: How'd you appear up with the name Ella Moss?
Pamella Protzel-Scott: It's absolutely a aggregate of my appellation and the co-creator [of the label's name], Moise, but who we alleged Moss.
The Inside Source: Who is the Ella Moss customer?
Pamella Protzel-Scott: A apple adventurer with a avant-garde bohemian vibe. The Ella Moss babe thinks any bank is the best abode on earth. She brand to mix best finds with accepted Ella Moss pieces. It's absolutely about accepting a able way of thinking.
The Inside Source: What's alarming you at the moment?
Pamella Protzel-Scott: Appropriate now I'm actual into this accomplished abstraction of a girl's dream closet, and all the fantastic, quintessential appearance pieces that you'd appetite appropriate now. I appetite anniversary account in the band to feel absolutely appropriate -- the absolute sparkly dress, the absolute little striped top, the absolute little fur jacket. It's an all-embracing accumulation of things, with a mix of animation and altered textures. I'm additionally into the Navajo trend, with ancestor of ablaze fluorescents and busy trims and beading.
The Inside Source: Summer is about over! What accept been some of your must-haves?
Pamella Protzel-Scott: I charge to accept best skirts and best dresses; it's all about continued lengths. Especially ones in bright, fun, vintage-looking floral prints with a '70s vibe, aback I was built-in in the '70s and I'm a '70s babe at heart. I'm additionally admiring caftans and chiffon pieces--I'm appetite airiness.
The Inside Source: Are you an eBay shopper?
Pamella Protzel-Scott: I am, admitting mostly for appliance and home items. I confused into a new abode about a year ago, and it's still a assignment in progress. I've begin abundant things on eBay. I aloof got this absolutely air-conditioned French modernist carapace lamp and as able-bodied as an Italian angled chandelier in Lucite and brass. I anticipate they're my two best best eBay scores.
The Inside Source: Do you accept any admired chase terms?
Pamella Protzel-Scott: Retro, Eames, Art Deco.
The Inside Source: 'Buy it Now' or auction?
Pamella Protzel-Scott: I charge to be complacent -- I buy appropriate away. If I appetite something, I appetite it. I charge burning gratification.
The Inside Source: What appearance trends are you activity for fall?
Pamella Protzel-Scott: I'm absolutely admiring ponchos. I anticipate they're advancing aback big time. Also, advanced leg trousers in denim. And I anticipate there will be a lot of applique too.
The Inside Source: Any fun end-of-summer trips planned?
Pamella Protzel-Scott: I was aloof in New York for ten days. It was nice because for once, I wasn't working. I afraid out at the park, saw the McQueen exhibit, and went best arcade for clothes and furniture. It was additionally a abundant time aloof to bodies watch. I'm so aggressive by bodies on the street. My altogether is in mid-September and my bedmate and I are planning a cruise to the Bahamas.
The Inside Source: What are some of your packing musts?
Pamella Protzel-Scott: iPad and iPod. Missoni caftans to use as cover-ups or to abrasion out at night. Ella Moss bikinis, and dresses, which additionally assignment from day to night. Splendid t-shirts. Diptyque candle in tuberose to admonish me of home.
Click actuality to apprehend the abounding adventure and to see Pamella Protzel-Scott's eBay artefact picks. Photos address of Ella Moss. Article accounting by Emily Hsieh for The Inside Source.
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