Amelia Earhart: Style Icon/You Can

Amelia Earhart: Style Icon/You Can

Yesterday would have been Amelia Earhart’s 115th birthday. My friend Francis posted an appreciation of our beloved AE, which inspired this piece. Let’s take a look at the aviatrix’s style and see if we can do it justice in a…

Style Icon/You Can: Diana Vreeland

Style Icon/You Can: Diana Vreeland

There’s a documentary on Diana Vreeland floating around the world right now. Called Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel, it was at US festivals this spring, and it’s playing in the UK this summer. I’m dying to see it….

Style Icon/You Can: Emmanuelle Alt

Style Icon/You Can: Emmanuelle Alt

Sure, it’s easy to be a style icon when you’re the Editor in Chief of Vogue Paris. But I still appreciate Emmanuelle Alt’s definitive personal style, which doesn’t seem to bend much to the trends she’s curating on a daily…

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Style Icon/You Can: Ballet Dancers

I started taking ballet lessons when I was twelve. Getting into the ballet game that late, in a small city that was far away from professional dancers, and with my oddly-shaped legs, meant that I would never be a serious…

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Linda Rodin: Style Icon, You Can

This week’s style icon is Linda Rodin, founder of the Olio Lusso line of cosmetic oils and fragrances. Rodin worked as a model and was an aspiring photographer before she started styling fashion shoots in the 1970s. She also owned…

Françoise Hardy, Style Icon: You Can

Françoise Hardy, Style Icon: You Can

Here’s the thing about style icons: Their look, whether it’s from one or fifty years ago, would work today. A particular woman’s style may not work for you, necessarily. But an iconic style’s lines, proportions, and colors are aesthetically pleasing…