Jessica Chastain says fashion helped to boost her confidence as a teen. The ‘Zero Dark Thirty‘ actress used to get picked on for her red hair and freckles so started experimenting with her clothes and opted for a tomboy look in a bid to stand out when she realised she wasn’t going to fit in.
She told French magazine Madame Figaro: "I grew up in Sacramento in northern California. People teased me about the colour of my hair and my freckles.
"I longed to have blonde curly hair and a tan, like a ‘real’ California girl. The typical conformist teen! Fashion helped me accept myself, to express my creativity in another way. "At the time I started to read Vogue, I cut my hair short, I started wearing cowboy boots and experimenting with different tomboy looks."
The 36-year-old star is now the face of Yves Saint Laurent‘s ad campaign for their Manifesto fragrance, and she is doubly thrilled with the honour since she has always been a fan of the brand.
Jessica said: ”I have always been a fan of the Saint Laurent house, for its audacity and the emphasis it places on individuality … My love story with YSL perfumes goes back to my high school years. "My aunt used to wear Opium and she gave me a bottle with a little bit left in it. I felt very glamorous and grown up when I put a few drops on."