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Purple Magazine
— F/W 2006 issue 6

Liz Goldwyn

photography by MATTHIAS VRIENS 
interview by OLIVIER ZAHM 
 
 
OLIVIER ZAHM — Your family basically built Hollywood. Why haven’t you been tempted to act?
LIZ GOLDWYN — I’m a director and a producer. I prefer to be in control. My grandmother was a silent film actress but my grandfather was a producer, as is my father, and two of my brothers. Another brother is an actor and a director also… So yes movies do run in my family blood.
 
OLIVIER ZAHM  — Where does your love for fashion come from?
LIZ GOLDWYN — My father showed me many Fellini films when I was little. The first film I ever saw was 8 1/2, so I was always interested in an over-the-top, exaggerated sense of style or how clothing creates “character.” I love the stories connected to clothing—it’s an intimate way to learn about our own…

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