Ashley Eckstein turned a fan favourite within the Star Wars franchise resulting from her position as Ahsoka Tano, voicing the character first in The Clone Wars after which persevering with into Star Wars Rebels and past. She has additionally discovered success exterior of the galaxy far, far-off with the Her Universe life-style model, which promotes fandom vogue and finally led to the annual Her Universe Trend Present at San Diego Comedian-Con. With the fifteenth anniversary of the model falling in the identical 12 months as the style present embracing Depraved, Eckstein spoke with CinemaBlend about her desires and exceeding expectations.
I spoke with Ashley Eckstein forward of this 12 months’s Her Universe Trend Present at SDCC, which is embracing Common with loads of Depraved pink and inexperienced after hitting large with the Mattel partnership final 12 months. With Her Universe itself hitting 15 years in 2025, I needed to ask: what does it imply to her because the promoter of “geek couture” throughout all fandoms to rejoice the milestone? She shared:
Her Universe has far exceeded my expectations. Sure, I had large desires for it, particularly as we’re speaking concerning the vogue present. By no means did I think about that it will develop this lovely neighborhood and provides individuals the chance that it has professionally. I imply, individuals are engaged on movie units or working for studios due to being part of the style present. So it truly means one thing. Individuals have met their greatest pals due to Her Universe, or they’ve met their associate or their husband or spouse due to Her Universe. Children have been born into Her Universe! We used to have onesies, and now they’re carrying ladies’s sizes. I imply, it is, it has been round that lengthy, if you concentrate on it!
I knew that the Her Universe Trend Present was a highly-anticipated a part of SDCC for a lot of attendees, however Eckstein’s reveal that individuals have met pals and companions as a part of the deal may be very candy. Any infants who have been carrying these onesies again within the model’s earliest days at the moment are nearly sufficiently old to drive!
In fact, sci-fi and comedian fandoms have been as soon as extra typically related to males and boys than ladies and ladies, and Ashley Eckstein had the purpose of fixing that assumption. The place higher than San Diego Comedian-Con? She elaborated on why “everybody” ought to get to take pleasure in fandom:
So all I ever needed was to interrupt the stereotype and to say that this world that we love is not only for males and boys, it is not only for ladies and ladies. It is for everybody. And I am so proud that we have accomplished that. We have performed a serious position in that. Past the garments, I simply needed to construct the neighborhood, so the truth that this neighborhood remains to be right here at this time and thriving is so particular to me, after which to have the style line besides!
The Her Universe Trend Present is kind of actually getting larger than ever in 2025, with a transfer to the bigger Seaport Ballroom on the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego. The festivities will kick off at 6 p.m. PT on Thursday, July 24, though wristbands might be distributed beginning at 10 a.m. PT on a primary come, first serve foundation.
Attendees can be happy to embrace the Depraved theme with pink for Galinda and/or inexperienced for Elphaba, however the occasion will function Common properties past the world of Oz as nicely. Ashley Eckstein went on to preview the designs that might be on show:
The designs are higher than ever, and I can not take credit score for that. We now have a tremendous design workforce. And sometimes I get to nonetheless design just a little bit, which is enjoyable every time I get to try this. However I am so happy with the Her Universe workforce and what they’re carrying out everyday. I haven’t got my very own youngsters, however Her Universe is my child. I’ll all the time take a look at it prefer it’s my child, and I am simply such a proud mother.
The style present is not only for displaying off geek couture to a packed venue, because the designers are competing for the grand prize of designing an attire assortment for Her Universe. Plus, as a deal with for designers and viewers members alike, Depraved star Marissa Bode (Nessarose) might be a part of the judges’ panel.
Anyone who has seen the Broadway manufacturing of Depraved has a reasonably good of concept of the place Nessa’s story is more likely to go in Depraved: For Good when it debuts late within the 2025 film schedule. For one evening, although, the actress be on the Her Universe Trend Present stage alongside Ashley Eckstein, co-host (and Broadway legend) Michael James Scott, amongst different judges.