Kerry Washington Covers Net-A-Porter’s The Edit

Kerry Washington Covers Net-A-Porter’s The Edit April 2015

The gorgeous Kerry Washington covers Net-A-Porter ‘s April 2015 issue of The Edit lensed by Bjorn Iooss .

Inside, the Scandal beauty wears neutral pieces from Stella McCartney , Isabel Marant , The Row , and Lanvin selected by stylist Tracy Taylor .

She reveals that she live tweeted while in labor with her daughter Isabelle, dishes on how she really feels about her character Olivia Pope, and shares a few of her beauty rules. Check out a few interview snippets below.

Kerry Washington for Net-A-Porter’s The Edit April 2015 photographed by Bjorn Iooss

On tweeting during labor:

“I tweeted in the very early stages of my labor. I figured that if I went completely silent on social media, then people would know I was in the hospital!”

On Olivia:

“I love her. To me she’s like family, and with family, it doesn’t matter if you like them or not, you love them no matter what. I don’t always agree with her choices, but I have a lot of compassion for them.”

“[ Shonda Rhimes ] never wrote Olivia Pope to be a role model; she wrote her to be a human being, and part of what people identify with so much is that she is conflicted. In some ways, she’s so aspirational – you want to walk like her, dress like her, command attention like her and control a situation like her. In other ways, she’s a warning of what not to be.”

“I hope people remember her as a complicated, fully realized human being; she’s not a stereotype and she’s not an accessory. I think that it’s important for women to know, in film and in TV and in life, that you can be the lead of your own story. I hope she’s remembered for that, as somebody who is the driving force of her own life.”

“I’m a very moody dresser. For the red carpet, I am totally a stiletto girl. But in the rest of my life, I would say I’m 50/50. I love a good heel, but I also have a really great sneaker collection – that’s the Bronx girl in me.”

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