For someone who once disavowed chic (“because no one knows how to do it”), today’s understated outfit hews pretty close to the word. (“She is always coming up to me and saying, ‘I’m doing chic now,’” Allen will tell me with a laugh.) Consani’s new style reflects a new outlook. In the past she’s put pressure on herself to adhere to hyperfeminine clothing. “If anything, people were like, Girl, put on some jeans,” she says. And while she still loves a little black dress, her current shortcut to feeling confident is a straight-leg Saint Laurent denim. “Of course I enjoy feminine things, feminine clothing specifically. That’s something that gives me a lot of happiness in my personal life,” she says. “But I think that there’s value in taking a step back and thinking, How did these clothes make me feel?”
Speaking of confidence, she’s thinking beyond fashion. She’s dabbled in acting—starring in Demna’s inaugural Gucci collection, La Famiglia, and its accompanying short film, The Tiger, directed by Halina Reijn and Spike Jonze. She shared the screen with Hollywood heavyweights like Demi Moore, Elliot Page, and Edward Norton, not to mention her pal Kendall Jenner. “Kendall and I were dying about it,” Consani says. “We were in the trailer like, Oh my God, we’re literally shooting a movie with Demi Moore.” She’s now set her sights on writing, directing, and producing. “I’ve been writing some stuff for film and TV,” she tells me. She recently signed with 3 Arts Entertainment in Los Angeles, and has already met with a studio. It’s all in the name of self-discovery. “I’ve had a narrative given to me by other creatives,” she says. “I want to be able to write that narrative.”
In this story: hair, Lucas Wilson; makeup, Hannah Murray; tailor, Olga Kim at Carol Ai Studio Tailors.