It’s a recent afternoon in Los Angeles and the actor, best known for his role as David Rose inSchitt’s Creek, is talking about expectations he had for himself. “And, as I explored in my new movie, that’s simply an unrealistic expectation. We can talk about it, we can write about it, we can think about it, but nobody ever has their life together. And now I believe, if you had your life together you’d be an incredibly boring person.” He pauses.
“Time time goes on. Or doesn’t, according toMariah Carey. And she’s one of the great philosophers of our time.” He laughs, but he’s being serious. “She’s a goddess and that’s why I wrote her into an episode ofSchitt’s Creek!”
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The company now offersdozens of frames— sunglasses at $150, optical frames at $140 — and fans are still asking where he gets his. They also ask where he gets his clothes. But those will never bear his initials on the label.
“I would never go into clothing,” he says. “Because I don’t I don’t know about design. I don’t know about designing clothes, I love wearing clothes, sure.” He knows he’d be, like the hundredth celebrity to start designing fashion. “But I don’t know if having good style means that you should take a job from somebody who has gone to school for it.” He pauses, seeming to consider it. “I mean, I would love to take like 10 years off go to Parsons School of Design, learn how to cut…”
But for now, he’s comfortable with his day job (writing, acting, directing) and a side hustle shutting down red carpets with his maverick style. (On this day, he’s in a Dries Van Noten suit—and, of course, DL Eyewear frames.) “There’s definitely a red-carpet dan and a real-life Dan,” he says. “In real life, I wear the same pair of jeans and like various sweaters. That’s my uniform.”
As for Red Carpet Dan, he pushes it a little. And has made some new pals. “I have, ultimately, become friends with designers.” He still loves the custom Loewe look he wore to the 2021Met Gala.
“It was so beautiful, you really needed to see it up close to see the handwork.” No, he did not get to keep it. “That, I believe, is in a museum in London. Because I’ve seen I’ve seen people posing in photos with it and tagging me in photos on Instagram!”
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source: people.com
