Justin Timberlake goes for ‘Mr. Sexy Backwoods’
September 8, 2008
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Justin Timberlake is shaking his “Mr. Sexy Back” reputation for something more like “Mr. Sexy Backwoods.”
Timberlake took an A-list New York Fashion Week crowd to Tennessee for his William Rast show on Sunday, treating the likes of Vogue editor Anna Wintour to buckets of Budweiser.
Jeremy Piven, Kevin Connolly and Emmanuelle Chriqui of HBO’s “Entourage” were among those squished in the front row with Andy Samberg of “Saturday Night Live,” model Rachel Hunter and actress Carla Gugino. The runway was set like an extended front porch to a run-down house, complete with a mounted deer head and the Tennessee state flag in the window.
Asked about his inspiration, Timberlake said, “It’s a lot of stuff, but old Tennessee, new Tennessee — mostly Tennessee.”
Timberlake has said he doesn’t want to be known as “Mr. Sexy Back” forever, although he’s not complaining about the attention.
“I don’t want to be known for just one thing,” he said backstage, nursing a cup of hot tea for a sore throat. “Maybe that’s why I do so many things.”
The William Rast spring collection, designed with Swedish designer Johan Lindeberg and his Italian wife, Marcella, was what Timberlake and partner Trace Ayala said they’d
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