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"Glamour&amp;#x27;s own Fashion Editor-at-Large Louise Roe sits down with Revenge star Ashley Madekwe. What did they talk about? Find out after the jump. So, how on earth did I end up sitting down to interview Ashley for Glamour? Cue a really random turn of Twitter events. After recently getting a weeny bit obsessed with the show, I found myself sitting at the neighboring table to her at LA&amp;amp;#8217;s Chateau Marmont. I tweeted that I&amp;amp;#8217;d seen her later that night, someone else tweeted us into the same message, and hey presto, we got chatting. As well as being a fellow Brit, she&amp;amp;#8217;s funny, sharp-as-a-tac, laughs easily and has impeccable style. The kind of wing-woman you want next to you on every shopping trip, bar stool and dance-floor. So how does the is-she-isn&amp;amp;#8217;t-she evil sidekick in a drama, end up with better style than her on-screen best friend, leading lady Emily? One answer might be Ashley&amp;amp;#8217;s genuine passion for all things style. She has an awesome fashion blog, Ring My Bell, which is well worth a scour. &amp;amp;#8220;I started that ages ago,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;I get sent quite a lot of different pieces, which I&amp;amp;#8217;ll wear on there. I really enjoy it.&amp;amp;#8221; And what about on the show? &amp;amp;#8220;I go for fittings every week,&amp;quot; she admits. &amp;quot;The other actors go much less often&amp;amp;#8212;but I love to go in and I&amp;amp;#8217;ll try everything on. The costume designer Jill Ohanneson is just brilliant, we collaborate on Ashley&amp;amp;#8217;s looks. Emily&amp;amp;#8217;s character&amp;amp;#8217;s clothes are more pure and simple, she has to stick with a &amp;amp;#8216;good girl&amp;amp;#8217; look, she has a bit of Grace Kelly in there. &amp;quot;My character is this feisty London girl, and I wanted my style to be a mix of Olivia Palermo and Alexa Chung,&amp;quot; Ashley says. &amp;quot;She&amp;amp;#8217;s turned out to be more Olivia than Alexa though, because you never see Ashley in her down-time, so she&amp;amp;#8217;s always at work, dressed up and formal. But I&amp;amp;#8217;d love to change her hair color in the future, I want to go darker. And to take out the hair extensions&amp;amp;#8212;they&amp;amp;#8217;re so long! At the start of filming they were going to get me some very expensive ones made, but I love the clip-ins from HedKandi. They blend in really well, they&amp;amp;#8217;re so good. I&amp;amp;#8217;m the clip-in queen!&amp;amp;#8221; Has life changed since being on a huge hit show? &amp;amp;#8220;No, not really,&amp;quot; Ashley says. &amp;quot;It often looks like an actor&amp;amp;#8217;s had a big break out of nowhere, but in reality they&amp;amp;#8217;ve been working their way up, little by little, for a while. So it wasn&amp;amp;#8217;t a huge change.&amp;amp;#8221; Do you still get star-struck? &amp;amp;#8220;Yes of course! I went to the Vanity Fair party on Oscars night and there were so many movie stars in that room,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;I stopped the Revenge boys from going up and chatting to any of those movie stars though, I wouldn&amp;amp;#8217;t let them!&amp;amp;#8221; Any gossip from the set? &amp;amp;#8220;We shoot it all in LA, not in the Hamptons,&amp;quot; Ashley says. &amp;quot;I leave at 4 a.m. to drive down to the set at Manhattan Beach. We all get along really well, and often burst out laughing at the table-read, because the scenes are so intense and evil. Christa (who plays Daniel&amp;amp;#8217;s sister Charlotte) is probably who I&amp;amp;#8217;m closest with. We go out together in LA a bit.&amp;amp;#8221; So what&amp;amp;#8217;s next on the agenda? &amp;amp;#8220;I&amp;amp;#8217;m getting married this summer in London, and my dress is being sent to LA just a few days before I leave, so I hope it arrives on time. It better!&amp;amp;#8221; On the guestlist? &amp;amp;#8220;My ginger tabby cat Oscar&amp;amp;#8212;he&amp;amp;#8217;s got his own passport&amp;amp;#8212;he comes everywhere with me.&amp;amp;#8221; And now, the Glamour Quick-Fire Round... Louise: Heels or flats? Ashley: Heels Louise: Platform or Stiletto? Ashley: Can I have both? Louise: Leather or Lace? Ashley: Leather Louise: Maxi or Mini? Ashley: Mini Louise: Print or Plain? Ashley: Print Louise: Designer or Vintage? Ashley: Both Louise: Femme Fatale or Beachy Boho? Ashley: Femme Fatale Louise: LA or London? Ashley: London Louise: Team Daniel or Team Jack? Ashley: &amp;quot;Ha ha I&amp;amp;#8217;d have to say Jack because Josh (Bowman, who plays Daniel) really cares about the competition! Something really sad happens to Jack too though.&amp;amp;#8221; (I gasp - does he die?? Nooo!) &amp;amp;#8220;No it&amp;amp;#8217;s ok! He doesn&amp;amp;#8217;t die, but it&amp;amp;#8217;s very sad.&amp;amp;#8221; Ashley&amp;#x27;s Beauty Must-Haves! &amp;amp;#183; Shu Uemura oil cleanser and Dermalogica gel cleanser. &amp;amp;#8220;I like to double-cleanse, I use one after the other.&amp;amp;#8221; &amp;amp;#183; Boots No7 serum &amp;amp;#183; Stila cream blush &amp;amp;#183; Nars Orgasm stick &amp;amp;#183; Shu Uemura hair oil &amp;amp;#8220;It&amp;amp;#8217;s so lightweight and really helps hydrate dead-ends, I dab it on all day.&amp;amp;#8221; Ashley&amp;#x27;s Favorite Designers: Alexander Wang, Roksanda Ilincic, Jonathan Saunders, Valentino, Chanel Ashley&amp;#x27;s Favorite LA Spots: &amp;amp;#183; American Rag for brunch: &amp;quot;You can shop for shoes and cushions and then eat brunch there too&amp;amp;#8212;they make the best eggs!&amp;quot; &amp;amp;#183; The Eveleigh for dinner: &amp;quot;Try the bone marrow.&amp;quot; &amp;amp;#183; Cecconi&amp;#x27;s for cocktails: &amp;quot;It reminds me of London.&amp;quot; Are you a Revenge fan? Tell us in the comments! PLUS... &amp;amp;#183; Daily Outfit Idea: A casual weekend look (with lace!) to steal from Ashley Madekwe &amp;amp;#183; All Revenge coverage &amp;amp;#183; All Los Angeles coverage *This post has been updated. Photo courtesy Valentino"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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