Devon Ross has been a name to know for a long time. Fashion’s cool girl, the model, actress and musician embodies the 60s nostalgia that remains forever the rage. Walking a tightrope between various creative forms, the daughter of a guitarist and a model does it all with ease. Splitting her time between walking shows for Valentino, playing the guitar for her friend Camille Jansen and now acting in her debut role in Irma Vep – she’s a triple threat. But after falling in love with acting, it seems like the multi-hyphenate is buckling down to dominate one domain. Talking about her longing for more female-led rock biopics, tricky characters and plans to prioritise acting, we’re set to see a star rise.

On a Zoom call from her West London flat, Devon sits in front of a shrine dedicated to all her icons as we talk with Mick Jagger watching over us. “I’ve got to have all the musicians I love all over my walls,” she laughs from a room that 70s teens would have dreamed of.

Left Full look **Riley Joyce**
Right Vest **Zadig & Voltaire** & skirt **Alessia Casati**

Irma Vep was your first role, acting alongside huge names like Alicia Vikander, how was that?

It was definitely surreal. I had major imposter syndrome for a while because I was like, ‘how can they trust me when they've never seen me act before?’ I was mind-boggled that this was even a possibility in my life. So even before I started filming, it was already crazy. But when we got to Paris and started filming and the reality set in, I settled into it and knew I was supposed to be there. I'm so lucky that was my first role and especially lucky that I got to work with all these amazing, very seasoned actors that know exactly what they're doing. So I got a lot of amazing people to watch and learn from.

Even though this is your debut role, we've known your name for a long time in the modelling world. Did having that reputation already make it more nerve-wracking? Finally having a credit rather than just another name attached to a show?

It changes everything. And I guess it is a bit nerve-wracking because you know that people are going to watch it because of that reason, but I knew it was gonna be a great project because Olivier Assayas is amazing. Everyone in it is amazing. So I wasn't nervous about how it was going turn out, I got to trust that it would be great.

Left Dress **Emil Dernbach** & shoes **Emporio Armani**
Right Jacket **Paula Lozzano**, top and skirt **Givenchy**

What drew you to this project?

I guess it was the first Zoom call I had with Olivier. He was in his country house writing the script and we had this long conversation. We hardly even really talked about the project but he's just such a cool guy – he was in London in the 60s and has all these amazing stories. And we just like got along super well so I knew that it was going to be the right first thing to do.

And for your character, Regina, what attracted you to her? How did you connect?

Regina has a lot of layers to her that slowly just come out. She gets more confident and doesn't really stand for bullshit. She always says it's on her mind which I try to do. We’re pretty similar. But I'd love to do a role that's like completely different from me - that's so far from who I am that I have to really study for it.

If you could design your absolute dream role - who would you want to be playing?

I’d love to play Patti Smith. There are so many rock biopics that come out all the time and TV shows, but they're all about men with a whole cast of men and I get super jealous. I want to play the rockstar.

With modelling and playing music, where do you see acting falling in place in your career? Is it something you want to prioritise moving forward?

Yeah, definitely. I fell in love with it on Irma Vep and couldn't really see myself doing anything else. I'm in it, it’s super interesting to me and so fulfilling. But even when I was a kid, I loved the idea of doing multiple things. I want to do as many things as I can balance.

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Full feature in our upcoming FW22 issue. Stay Tuned!

Interview by LUCY HARBRON

Photography by JAIME CANO

Fashion by FÁTIMA MONJAS

Casting by IMAGEMACHINE CS

Hair by YOKO SETOYAMA

Make-Up by MATTIE WHITE at Saint Luke Artists

Photographer’s assistant JAMES CLOTHIER

Stylist’s assistant JAGI NELSON