"I always have to look in the mirror and be like, 'Do I look badass?' And if the answer is no, then I have to change," she told NYLON last April. "It's a feeling. You just know. It has to be badass."

Julia—who shares 3-year-old son Valentino with ex-husband Peter Artemiev—has proven time and time again that she's not interested in the "quiet luxury" or "clean-girl" aesthetic. 

"I like clothes to tell a story," she continued. "I like them to be indicative of who a person is. I think when you're jumping on every trend that comes along, it shows a lack of authenticity or identity. I've always been drawn to the freaks, people that dress crazy. I find that those people are more my cup of tea."

For instance, Julia has been seen rocking heels featuring blonde hair extensions, a nude bodysuit with a waterfall of tinsel on her arms and even a see-through glass top that mimicked water pouring onto her torso.  

It turns out that the Down to Drain author has a natural gravitation toward what she decides to wear.

"I'm very instinctual," she told E! News in September 2022. "I'm not a calculated type of celebrity trying to sell stuff. It's genuinely how I'm feeling, or if I want to express myself in a certain way or share something with the world." 

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