Go Your Own Way

The spring runways had a nostalgic feel, with evocative prints, car coats, and metallic embellishments straight out of a theatrical trunk. Here, rising star Ever Anderson takes the season's vintage-inspired treasures on the ultimate Americana road trip.

- By Samuel Maude

A few months back, Ever Anderson could have been spotted standing outside Ralphs grocery in rollers and full glam. Her father, filmmaker Paul W. S. Anderson, pushed a cart through the store behind her, full of muffins, potato chips, energy drinks, and Diet Coke. The then 16-year-old was stocking up just before welcoming a film crew into her home, embarking on a series of night shoots for her first short film, Almost Seventeen, which she wrote and directed. The storyline is loosely based on Anderson's own friendship challenges, stemming from some squabbles over a young man.

"I had asked my dad, 'Do you have any advice for directing?'" Anderson, now 17, says. "He went, 'Nope. You'll figure it out,' and I did. It was such an incredible experience and so cathartic to share my story of what I had gone through."

This page: Dress, shoes, PRADA.

Opposite: Coat, top, COACH. Shoes, PRADA.

Almost Seventeen, which Anderson hopes to take on the festival circuit next year, was made with a summer-camp-style swagger.

Anderson wrote people on Instagram asking them to join. The night shoots kept the team up late, and her family pitched in to help. Her mother, actress Milla Jovovich, and father served as both production assistants and craft services.