Celebrity Style

The actor talks holiday dressing, Gabriella Montezs festive look, plus theHSMmeme that keeps on giving.

Its widely known that Vanessa Hudgens favorite holiday is Halloween.

She celebrates it for an entire month, going all out on the spook-tacle fromwitchy date nightstoelaborate scary costumes.

Vanessa Hudgens On Holiday Style, ‘High School Musical’, & Kohl’s

Im pretty cliche when it comes to holidays.

Even though she often prefers a cozy moment, she says, I really do love glitz and glamour.

Its a homecoming, really.

Vanessa Hudgens stars in Kohl’s holiday campaign.

The actor made waves in 2011 when she starred in several Candies campaigns, a Kohls in-house brand.

Now, over a decade later, shes making her big return.

Lets start with holiday traditions.

Vanessa Hudgens stars in a 2011 Candie’s campaign.

Whats one of your favorites?

I make mulled wine every year and it makes the house smell so amazing.

The first time I had it was when I was in Paris with my mom.

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I think it was fall.

Youre known as a Halloween costume girlie.

Are you planning on doing any costumes for Christmas this year?

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I love me a onesie.

I definitely have theElfonesie in my Christmas clothes box in storage.

Onesies are as far as I take it when it comes to costumes for Christmas.

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I love Kohls so much because they really have everything you need for all the different stages of life.

But its a testament to how you might really evolve with them.

Trends from that era are coming back.

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Are there any trends you’d never go near again?

Leg warmers were such a big thing, but did they really make a whole lot of sense?

Last time we saw you on the red carpet,you were rocking a similarly spicy exposed undies outfit.

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Whats your approach to barely-there dressing now versus back then?

Honestly, its the same.

Youre very much a part of projects that are super nostalgic, especiallyHigh School Musical.

Would you say Gabriella is a Christmas girl?

What would she be wearing for the holidays if you had to dress her up?

I think shes a very festive girlie.

Gabriella would wear a sequined dress.

Now theresa newHSMbook out with interviews from Lucas Grabeel.

How do you feel about it?

I love Lucas so much.

I think of him as family,he was at my wedding.

If anyone is to tell the story, he would do a fantastic job.

Do you ever feel nostalgic about revisiting that time of your life?

It feels like another life, it was so long ago.

But I will forever be grateful for that time and for what it did for me in my career.

And I was like, Hell yeah.

Its so funny that that is the meme that keeps on giving, it will never die.

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This interview was edited and condensed for clarity.