Who are your style icons?

-Sophie · Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 10:56 pm Post subject:

Well, I adore Audrey Hepburn, but it's not her style that I idolize - it's her. Not only was she stylish (she had to be if she was Givenchy's muse), but she did it differently than others. While the other actresses of that time were rather busty and sex icons (Marilyn Monroe, Brigitte Bardot), she was beautiful in a different way. She was thin, hardly any breasts and yet men still adored her... she had an innocent flair to everything she did and wore. ("I am not stacked like Sophia Loren or Gina Lollobrigida, but I don't need a bedroom to prove my womanliness.") Plus her thick eyebrows were totally risque. I think she is such a style icon because she did everything with elegance and taste - not merely sex appeal.

Interesting fact in relation to this: Capote wanted Monroe to play Holly Golightly (sex kitten by far) in the infamous Breakfast at Tiffany's... Hepburn however played the role and said that it was the best thing she had ever done (clearly, judging by its popularity and Oscar nominations) because it was the hardest thing she had ever done, it was so out of character for her.

What we often forget or are unaware of about Audrey is that she did a lot of work with the less fortunate. She died in 1993 due to cancer (I believe?). Because she spent the last years of her life volunteering in Somalia, surgery came too late and was unsuccessful. Angelina has nothing on Audrey for humanitarianism... she was named global Unicef ambassador and was one of the first celebrity humanitarians. So I adolize Audrey for her selflessness and poise... not fashion sense.

Okay, I'm done (promise).

My style icons:

-Stacey London (woohoo)
-Scarlett Johanssen
-my bio teacher XDD

angela · Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:13 pm Post subject:

^ I actually had no idea that she did all that work. Probably because she was more recognized as a fashion icon then a humanitarian for the majority of people.

Serena and Blair off of gossip girl. They always look so well put together but relaxed.
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Lil_PinkBunnie · Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 7:49 pm Post subject:

^^Yeah, she died from colon cancer.
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-.xEmilyx.- · Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 6:03 pm Post subject:

mary kate and ashley olsen

coutureurself · Newbie Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 22 Smiles: 0 67

hanna beth for sure!!
for those who don't know who she is, she is a model who i think has the best style ever.

http://hannabeth.buzznet.com/user/

_TNA_ · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 4:56 pm Post subject:

Yes, Audrey Hepburn is a CLASSIC.
Love, love, love Blair and Serena's style on GG!

tropical_pink · Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 3:24 pm Post subject:

I love blair too!

emcee · Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:39 pm Post subject:

a lot of models have AWESOME style...i mean, c'mon, they get free stuff from designers! but lately i've been loving jessica stam and caroline trentini's style, it's so simple and looks like it was totally thrown together but looks great anyways.

serb · Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:03 am Post subject:

i like checking out styles from celebrities but my wardrobe is pretty limited so i dont base it on anyone.
i probably couldnt pull them of anyways.

camita · Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 2:41 pm Post subject: