Gigi Hadid tells Taylor Swift: ‘Being honest always leads to something good’

Gigi Hadid can pull off any look, which she proved on Monday.

The blonde bombshell posed in a black 1960s style turban as she was photographed by Sølve Sundsbø for the cover of US Harper’s Bazaar magazine April issue.

Inside the sister of Bella Hadid was interviewed by her longtime friend, Grammy winner Taylor Swift as well as Kendall Jenner, Serena Williams, Virgil Abloh, Jimmy Fallon, Blake Lively, Kacey Musgraves, and Antoni Porowski.

Swift’s question was ‘I’m seriously impressed that whenever you are in an immediate or stressful situation you fly into action. Is that something that’s always been natural for you?’

Hadid responded with: ‘I’ve realized over time that I feel the most free when I express myself, whether through action, writing, or talking it out. 

‘Being honest always leads to something good, even if it takes a hard or awkward moment or conversation to get there; you can never go wrong with telling someone how you feel and speaking your truth. And you always learn something from it.’

Next came pal Lively of Green Lantern fame.

She asked, ‘What inspired you to make your own chairs by hand?’

Hadid then talked about her life outside of fashion: ‘When I’m spending time on the farm, I find it fun to try something new and see if I can pull it off.

‘It’s liberating to just create without the end goal of it being necessary to finish. The chair idea came from that. I wanted to see if I could build a wood frame first and then pour resin into it and make a clear chair. 

‘I built the wood part and then through the next step learned that you can only dry resin in small layers, and the more layers I added, the more it was clear that I didn’t make my frame tightly sealed enough. Failed miserably. 

‘I ended up giving up on the big one and made a small-scale version, which worked a lot better! I like the “Try and fail and try again” method. It keeps it fun and interesting for me, and even through failures you can learn so much.’

Mugraves had her turn. She asked, ‘What’s one thing you haven’t done yet that you’re dying to do? What are you most scared of?’

The cover girl said she skydived once in Dubai. 

‘The actual jumping out of the plane is scarier than the falling. The view is the best part. I always told myself that if I did it again, I’d do it in a different place every time, because that perspective is one of a kind and unforgettable,’ said the Vogue model.

‘It still terrifies me, which is why I want to do it again. It’s exhilarating, and I’m more of a sports-based risk-taker than anything else in life. I’d love to visit New Zealand or Iceland one day, so maybe I’ll do it in one of those places—if they allow skydiving. 

Porowski asked ‘how/when you discovered french fries with mashed potatoes as a thing to eat.’

Gigi tooked the qestion seriously.

‘I don’t remember exactly what night this was, but it was probably after a few passion fruit martinis at Le Chalet at L’Avenue at Saks, which makes my favorite mashed potatoes on the planet. 

‘We must have run out of ketchup, so I dipped the fries in the mashed potatoes—and eureka!

The fashion editor was George Cortina. The cover included a bustier, dress and belt by Givenchy Haute Couture and headpiece that belonged to the stylist.