Steven Tyler dishes to Women's Wear Daily

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Known for his wildly colorful on-stage attire — which over the years has run the gamut from leopard print lace-ups and hip huggers to bold printed silk shirts, layered jewelry, leather jackets and long scarves — Tyler is excited about collaborating with Andy Hilfiger on the Andrew Charles sportswear collection.

...WWD: What do you think of the talent on the show?

S.T.: I miss clubs. It was my era. But it’s a new era. They do come out of the woodwork. There are those who are homegrown. Out of 10,000, there’s 100 who are really good. I know that it starts with who we let through.…They’re all put through the ringer. And the ones who aren’t that good are going to fall by the wayside. It’s a very excruciating and extracting [year] for these kids. From now until next May, it’ll be seven months to get their s--t together and learn to sing the songs. I really enjoyed watching Lauren Alaina show up in a truck with three brothers in jeans and a T-shirt and how she washed up in the end to be second runner-up with Scotty McCreery, who won. Interestingly enough, he was the least changed.


...WWD: What was it like working with your 22-year-old daughter, Chelsea, on the Andrew Charles ad campaign?

S.T.: I called Chelsea up, like I did with Liv once before, and told [Chelsea] I’d love to do this with you. It’s going to be huge. She’s in art school, and she doesn’t want to be huge. She’s already got a huge daddy. They kind of want to do their own thing. When we were done with the pictures that Melissa Mahoney took…with Chelsea’s face, it just took the whole project over the top. She just got signed with a modeling agency [IMG Models].




...WWD: Would you like to have a collection under your own name, or is this good enough for now?

S.T.:This is good enough right now. Every day things are coming my way. I’m with CAA [Creative Artists Agency], and I talk to all kinds of people all the time. Because of “Idol” now, it’s taking the whole fame thing up and the notoriety tenfold. I don’t know if it’s a good thing or not. I can’t really go anywhere now. I can at least go to some town in Japan.

...WWD: With “American Idol” taking up so much of your time, do you still have time to devote to your music?

S.T.: We’ve been doing an album while we’re doing this. There’s not enough time to get involved in the album the way I’d like to. It’s getting done, slowly but surely. The tour’s certainly happening. I’m so happy. The band is back together. Everybody’s lost their anger for me, for taking on “Idol,” they’ve all grown up a little, so it’s great.

Steven still has an eye for talent, if you know what I mean:

WWD: Have you had a chance to watch “The X-Factor” and what did you think?

S.T.: It’s all right. They’re not finding the talent that we are. That will always be my brag. I will never look as good as the Pussycat Dolls’ Nicole Scherzinger. I’ll never be as bad ass looking as Nicole.

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