If Devon Ross’s life had a soundtrack right now, it would be Woody Guthrie’s ‘This Land Is Your Land’—a warm, winding folk tune, gentle as an acoustic whisper, simple yet heartfelt. It mirrors the way she moves through the world: curious, effortless and in tune with her rhythm. At 25, Ross is hailed as one of fashion’s coolest faces and her jet-black hair and emerald gaze have graced runways, movie screens and stages alike. Yet it is music that shapes the deepest parts of her world.
Daughter of guitarist Craig Ross and model Anna Bauer, she grew up steeped in all things artful. “I feel very lucky to have grown up around so much creativity. To see very talented people at work all my life has taught me discipline and motivation,” she shares. Flipping through the magazines her mother bought and absorbing the melodies of her father’s music, she formed her earliest impressions of art, beauty and self-expression.
“Some of my memories of fashion are going shopping with my father and going through my mother’s closet and gazing at all her fabulous early-2000s sparkly Cavalli jeans. As for music, it has always been in my life, so it has come natural to me. I’ve always been around it and loved it.”
Though music has been a constant, it is the sounds of The Beatles that have been etched into her soul. Currently working on a full-length album, with film projects also in the pipeline, she spent the first month of 2026 at home in Los Angeles—writing, recording and playing at shows—before upcoming performances at the High Desert Art Fair and, as of February, The Airliner.
Ross’s sound is a hypnotic swirl of indie rock, a delicate dance between velvet guitar riffs and lulling, intimate vocals, tinged with a raw honesty that cuts through the melody. In her song ‘I Don’t Wanna’ from her 2024 EP Oxford Gardens, she sings over the guitar, “Steal your chords from a book and tell all your little lies, now humanity’s dead and you’ve gone and crushed my life”.
“The Beatles have been in my life for as long as I can remember, and [they’re] probably the most consistent thing in my life. [I learnt] how to play guitar by listening to their records and [I obsessed] over them. I’d hope that they’ve influenced my songwriting. They are my best friends.”
Music also informs her style. “I’ve always loved dressing up and searching for special finds at vintage stores. I grew up looking at how my favourite bands dress and it has always been a big part of who I am. Fashion has been an important part of my self-expression.” From her early Cavalli jeans to the carefully curated looks she wears now, it’s clear that fashion and music have long been intertwined.
Ross represents a generation that defies definition. “I’ve never seen myself only sticking to one form of art. I feel really lucky that I’m able to work in multiple spaces. The people around me always inspire what I’m creating. Lately I’ve been watching a lot of Tarkovsky films and listening to a lot of David Berman.” In every note she plays, every outfit she wears, there is a sense of the kind of energy that steps into a spring/summer 2026 season as bold, daring and free as Ross herself.
Photography Dana Trippe
Styling Danyul Brown
Hair Gregg Lennon Jr using Bumble and Bumble/The Only Agency
Make-up Nick Lennon using Prada Beauty/The Only Agency
Manicure Queenie Nguyen using Impress Nails
Photographer’s assistants Josh Desure and Audryana Cruz
Stylist’s assistants Jordy Shaffer, Carley Sullivan and Maddie Phillipps
