Lili Reinhart and Cole Sprouse’s intimate photo shoots were dominating our Instagram feeds long before they publicly confirmed they were a couple (like this one, that shows the real-life Betty Cooper lounging in a field of daisies), and Lili recently opened up about what it’s been like to be part of her boyfriend’s art.

Their work together, it seems, is deeply collaborative. “I think he is such an incredible photographer, really. Sometimes he’s inspired by a location, and he’s like, ‘I want to shoot you here,'” she told Who What Wear in a new interview. “Other times, I’m inspired by a dress, and I’m like, ‘I want you to shoot me in this.’ Our photo shoots are very intimate, just him and me; no one else is there ever.”

The couple seems to work well together, both on and off set. “She’s one of those people that consistently pushes me to be better at the arts that I’m pursuing,” he said. “That’s just the kind of person she is. She inspires excellence out of everybody she works with,” Cole told Glamour of his partner. For her part, Lili sang her praises for Cole as an artist. “Cole is one of the smartest, the smartest person that I’m friends with. He’s incredibly passionate about art, about photography, about acting, and I really admire that,” she said.

In the past, Cole has said that if he wasn’t acting, he’d be working as a full-time photographer. “I think with the way that we digest information nowadays, photography has become a perfect avenue to give the audience an understanding of yourself that goes a little deeper than a 10-minute interview about a show you’re doing or something of the sort. It just made sense to me,” he told Teen Vogue last year.

His work featuring Lili has included a photo shoot in a field of daisies, a series of black-and-white portraits from “paradise,” and an artistic topless photo that he shared in honor of her birthday. We’re willing to bet there are plenty of other shots that also haven’t made it onto social media…yet.

The couple, who met on the set of Riverdale and play on-screen love interests, has been historically private about their off-screen relationship. “I think it’s just that I’m so protective over it. It’s not something the world needs to know about, because if you give them anything, they are just going to want more,” she said. “I’m not going to hide away from my relationship or hide away from what’s going on in my life, but what does happen in my relationship is so private, and I cherish it a lot. He does as well. A relationship is a very intimate thing, and I want it to be between me and him, not me, him, and the world.”

And, hopefully, our Instagram feeds every once and a while.

Source – Teen Vogue

Like most of us, Lili Reinhart spent her teenage years at the mall. Her favorite store to hit? H&M. A few years and a role on the hit show Riverdale later, she’s now the face of the retailer’s latest Studio Collection.

“I would go there all the time, like every weekend with my friends,” the Cleveland native tells PEOPLE of her new gig over the phone while on a break from shooting Riverdale. (“I’m looking at myself in the mirror now wearing my Betty costume,” she noted.)

“It was really the first place where I really started to build my wardrobe as a young adult making decisions of my own for the first time,” she says. “I would always buy my winter sweaters from H&M, they have the best sweaters. And denim as well. I got everything from there. My first push-up bra, I got at H&M.”

So it’s a little surreal that she’s now modeling for one of her favorite stores. “I’m super stoked about it,” says the 21-year-old.

It’s not the first time she’s worked with them, though. What started as a party invite to Coachella 2017 has evolved into being their guest at the Met Gala in May of this year. And what a memorable moment it was: She wore a dazzling silver mini with a billowing train by the brand to make her official red carpet couple debut with beau Cole Sprouse. (No, unfortunately, she didn’t get to keep her dress.)

But modeling takes her love of the fast fashion retailer to the next level. In the campaign for the trend-focused, limited-edition collection— which dropped today on hm.com — she wears a range of dark denim, cozy sweaters, colorblock skirts and more, all of which reflect her easygoing style.

“My style has always been very casual,” Reinhart says. “On a day-to-day basis, I have a very casual sense of style and very comfortable. I’ve always been a denim girl. I really love jeans and it’s always been that way.”

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