Mandy Moore looks back on the regrettable fashion choices she's made throughout her career
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Mandy Moore took a walk down memory lane, unpacking the fashion choices she made in the early years of her career.
Speaking with Us magazine, the 40-year-old entertainer — who is expecting her third child with husband Taylor Goldsmith — shared her thoughts on various red carpet moments, music videos, and other highlights.
Moore broke into the music scene in 1999 with her hit single Candle.
She told the publication that the song 'shaped everything' in the years that followed, pointing out, 'It opened so many doors for me to try my hand at acting and get me to this point.'
Reviewing what she wore to the 2000 MTV Music Awards — shimmery white jeans and a sheer gold top layered over a white tank top — the star declared: 'I would definitely not wear this today.'
Mandy Moore took a walk down memory lane, unpacking the fashion choices she made in the early years of her career; pictured in June
Speaking with Us magazine, the 40-year-old entertainer shared her thoughts on various red carpet moments, music videos, and other highlights; pictured in 2000
Recalling the special moment, she shared, 'It was early days [of my career] and at Radio City Music Hall. I was radiating excitement to be there.'
She said about filming her first music video, 'All of it was so new to me.'
The soon-to-be mom-of-three added, 'I remember being so excited to go through the hair, makeup and wardrobe process. I’d never been in glam before.'
The 25th anniversary of her first pop song is on August 17.
'I almost feel like it happened to someone else, like I’m recalling a movie I watched,' she described.
The Y2K visualizer included scenes of the singer 'fake-driving' a car, plus flirting with a love interest.
For fans wondering when they can expect new music from the recording artist, she revealed to the outlet, 'This summer is devoted to figuring out [my] next musical steps.'
After releasing her debut album, Mandy turned her focus to acting.
Looking back at her sartorial choice for the Princess Diaries movie premiere, she noted, 'Anne Hathaway looks like a movie star, and I’m in some weird, acid-washed denim suit'; pictured in 2001
Next in her budding acting career came her starring role in the 2002 drama A Walk to Remember, in which she appeared opposite Shane West
Her first role was the portrayal of teenage antagonist Lana Thomas in 2001’s The Princess Diaries, which starred Anne Hathaway.
Looking back at her sartorial choice for the movie premiere, she noted, 'Anne Hathaway looks like a movie star, and I’m in some weird, acid-washed denim suit.'
Moore added lightheartedly, 'We look like we’re going to very different events.'
And about her on-trend low-rise jeans, she said they are now 'definitely not my cup of tea.'
Next in her budding acting career came her starring role in the 2002 drama A Walk to Remember, in which she appeared opposite Shane West.
She fondly referred to her co-star as her 'caretaker' on set, and said she still has a friendship with him.
Taking on the role of dying high school student Jamie Sullivan, she said: 'That little girl had no idea what she was doing. I leaned on [Shane] to show me how to film a movie and what being on a set was like. I love him deeply.'
Moore pictured in This Is Us with co-star Milo Ventimiglia
Moore is expecting her third child with husband Taylor Goldsmith; pictured in 2022
Moore went on to star in This Is Us for six seasons from 2016 to 2022.
She met her husband, a musician, in 2015 and they share sons Gus, three, and Ozzie, 21 months.
'We met at a sushi restaurant and had one of those epic four-hour meals where, like, the restaurant closes around you, and that was it. I knew very quickly that he was The One,' she gushed.
On the topic of motherhood, she dished: 'Your life just becomes Technicolor after being black and white before [kids]. It’s the best — I love it.'
