The winter season has arrived! Ashley Greene, the new face of DKNY Jeans Spring 2012, reveals what she thinks is the most romantic thing to do in New York City during this time of year!

Ashley spoke with Celebuzz in NYC today and said:

“I think honestly, especially if it’s snowing outside if you are curled up in your house, the fireplace going and you can see the snow falling down, I think there is something really romantic about that, you’re kind of in your own little world.”

The Twilight star, who unveiled her DKNY billboard this morning, said of the ad, “It’s very New York, I love this city and I think it’s a great representation of New York. “

You can check out Ashley’s gorgeous larger-than-life DKNY ad in the heart of Times Square now.

“Even though it is a photograph of me, I feel like they captured this essence of New York within the photograph,” added Ashley. The rest of her stunning shots for this campaign are set to release in early January 2012.

Ashley Greene gets gritty for the DKNY Jeans Spring 2012 ad campaign.

“You can’t get more New York than that,” laughed Ashley Greene, as we rode with her in a double-decker bus after the unveiling of the star’s brand-new DKNY Jeans ad in—where else?—Times Square.

The Twilight actress was named the face of the DKNY brand in October, and this billboard is the first glimpse of her Spring 2012 ad campaign, shot by Inez van Lemsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin.

“I did not know it was going to be that big,” she told FashionEtc of the billboard. “It’s humongous! I don’t think in my wildest dreams I would have thought I’d be a part of something like that. It’s very exciting.”

Greene connected with the brand after attending a Donna Karan fashion show and meeting the namesake designer post-catwalk.

Soon, Karan was offering to custom-make a gown for Greene to wear at the Met Gala.

“We get along, and we stand for the same thing,” she told us of Karan. “[We both have] a very positive message to women of empowerment.”

And the clothes aren’t too shabby, either. “It’s the greatest thing in the world to be able to have these gowns custom designed for you,” she said.

“They’ll send maybe 20 sketches, and we can kind of mix and match if we want to and go from there. It’s so fun to be able to dip your toes into something like that and be a part of the creative process.”

Don’t hold your breath for the Ashley Greene clothing line, though—while she loves working with the DKNY team (and who wouldn’t?), she told FashionEtc her schedule’s a little packed at the moment for a project like that.

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In related news, we got the scoop on how Ashley Greene gets such gorgeous hair from her mane man, Ted Gibson.