- Chanel is my actual middle name, Frederick Chanel Anderson.
- I played Macavity in the musical Cats.
- I was in the original cast of the Tony Award–winning musical Crazy for You on Broadway.
- I attended FIT during the day while doing eight shows a week.
- I recently launched a couture spirit based off gin with Empirical.
- I started as a ballet dancer with the Joffrey Ballet at age 16.
- I can play the violin and piano.
- I cut every piece of my upcoming Spring 2026 collection and made 70 percent of the patterns.
- My favorite color is blue.
- And speaking of blue, I launched a men’s celebrity fashion show called “The Blue Jacket Fashion Show” a decade ago to raise awareness for the importance of prostate cancer screenings.
