Big changes for a happy Avril Lavigne

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AP: You've actually done high-fashion modeling spreads — a big change from your tomboy image. How are you evolving fashion-wise?

Lavigne: As I've gotten older, I appreciate fashion a bit more and experiment a bit more. Now I am at the age where I will wear a dress. Before I didn't want to. I'm a casual dresser but I love clothes, shoes, everything. I have done a few fashion spreads in Harper's Bazaar, W and all that stuff just to try it out, but I don't actually dress like that. Once in a while I'll put on a dress maybe if I am going to a premiere or something.

AP: People kind of have an image of you as a very spunky, in-your-face kind of girl. Have you mellowed at all?

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Lavigne: I've changed a ton, I've grown up, I'm wiser. I'm still the same girl. I'm just an older version. I've always been honest and I've always totally been me. Been outspoken. I'm not a butt-kisser. I'm true to myself, and I think that is what a lot of the fans liked about me.

AP: You say you plan to start a clothing line — so many stars have one. Why did you decide to do one now?

Lavigne: Now I love clothes, and I feel like I have all these really cool ideas. It's something creative to do. It would totally be one of those things where I'm coming up with all the ideas. It would be how I dress. ... My whole thing is I love black, I love Dickies, I like Converse, I will wear heels once in a while, anything with a skull ... anything with kind of a rock 'n' roll vibe is what I wear.

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