Just like Us! Camila Mendes’ fashion icon is all too relatable. The 27-year-old actress apparently worshipped the ground that The O.C.’s Summer Roberts — and by proxy Rachel Bilson — walked on. “She was everything to me,” the Riverdale actress told Elle in a Wednesday, January 12, interview. “Rachel Bilson was the fashion inspiration for me growing up.
To me, she was the epitome of laid-back, chic style. God, she was the coolest.” Whether she was rocking halter tops and headbands in the halls of The Harbor School or a pair of jeans under her dress on the red carpet, Bilson, now 40, was the ultimate ‘90s fashionista.
And get this: Mendes even snagged Bilson’s phone number once upon a time. “I met her once at a party and we exchanged numbers.
I guess there was a bond there. Like, ‘teen stars,’” the actress recalled. “She was like, ‘Text me if you ever need anything.’ Of course I didn’t have the courage to do it.
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