Whitney Port's line, Whitney Eve, makes its Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week debut this afternoon. Regardless of whichever reality TV regulars will be showing their goods, she insists her passion for fashion is for real (and not just reality TV). "Living in New York and being part of the entertainment industry, obviously fashion plays a huge role in that, so all of us find passions within that," she tells E! News. "I pretty much always knew I wanted to be a designer, but I just took some shortcuts along the way and am finally being able to do what I've always wanted. So, television aside, I really am living out my dream."
The leggy starlet will be the first of the Hills hotties' lines—Lauren Conrad and that other girl are also "designers"—to participate in America's biggest couture carnival. Her inspiration, she says, is a word she made up: "funderland." "We're doing kind of like Alice in Wonderland goes to a really chic cocktail party," she explains. "It's really fun and playful and feminine and flirty."
She admits the pressure is high, especially since she's entering the big show right out the gate.
"It's very, very intimidating, but awesome at the same time," she says. "I'm putting myself out there for a lot of judgment and a lot of opinions, so I just have to be confident in my line and work as hard as I can and then know that, in the end, as long as I did the best that I could, that's what matters.
"The stakes are really, really high. I think what helped me out a little bit is that I'm actually doing a group show with [fellow People's Revolution clients] Nicholas K and Mara Hoffman, so I feel like it takes a little bit of the pressure off. We can kind of all be a backbone for each other and support system."
She may also have a little support from Conrad, whom, Whitney says, is trying to make it to NYC in time for the show.
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