Legendary
rocker Courtney Love has opened up on becoming Givenchy designer Riccardo
Tisci's muse. Courtney says she met Tisci while in Paris once and she was
surprised when he asked her to be his muse, but unfortunately she put on weight
and had to slim down so she could fit in his samples. She says that she knew
she had to drop down to that size because she felt the pressure to come through
for the designer: ''I met Riccardo downstairs at the Ritz Hotel in Paris,
and he told me he wanted me as his muse. I'm like, 'Givenchy's muses have been
Audrey Hepburn and Jackie O!' Then I got fat! Then I got on Atkins and I wasn't
fat anymore, so I could wear sample. You know, when the stakes are high, you do
lose weight.'' Courtney jokes that the designer no longer creates designs with
her in mind because he has a new muse: ''Riccardo doesn't make stuff for
me anymore. He found Kim! But I still love Riccardo.''
Courtney
admits that she doesn't enjoy shopping in stores but she is addicted to
shopping online at Net-a-Porter and has become one of the companies top 5
American customers because she buys so much from them. Courtney laughs that she
is always on the website looking for something new to buy: ''I hate
shopping, so I order off of Net-a-Porter. A girl interviewed me for their
magazine - this is so awful - she said, 'You're a legend at Net-a-Porter.
You're one of the top five American clients for buying.' I live on
Net-a-Porter.''
