LA born and bred, Alana Champion has posed for Sisley and 10 magazine, and was most recently spotted front row at the Zadig&Voltaire FW23 runway, in Paris. Nicknamed ABC, the model and director posts glimpses of her personal and professional life on Instagram which she does not take too seriously, capturing the Gen-Z approach of curated imperfection. We got to know Champion a little better during a shoot right before the Z&V show where she shared her love for cinema and the inspiration behind her work.

You were invited to the latest Zadig & Voltaire show, what did you think of the collection?

Loved the fire-in-water-fountain motif.

How do you think social media has influenced your career? And what do you see for the future of modeling within or outside of these spaces?

Social media is a funny thing. I'm quite mercurial about it. I find it fun and funny, but really can't think too much into it. It's a corny thing too, to promote yourself in a way, so it's hard to take seriously really. I love it for NBA highlights though.

You directed a music video for the band Dummy, what were your inspirations for the video and more importantly what drew you to music video directing?

Oh, that was a fun thing I had done back during COVID times. It’s something I really love doing, video making and directing. I got inspiration from window-peeping, voyeuristic thrillers like Brian De Palma movies like Body Double. Also I love using Craigslist as a way to find cool people. Most of the actors were off there.

And you seem to be quite the cinephile, can you recommend one movie that everyone should watch in their lifetime ? And why?

Definitely a certified cinephile LOL... I just recently saw a screening of what really is one of my very favorite movies ever The Last Picture Show by Peter Bogdonavich. Moody! Melancholy! Dusty, fabulistic mid-century America. Hard to think of a more beautiful movie…

Photography by Gregory Derkenne

Interview by Gabrielle Valda Colas

Alana is wearing Zadig&Voltaire

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