What/who embodies sophistication for you?

[devildeepbluesea]

Just watching the Sound of Music with DD (her latest obsession).

Watching the Baroness with grownup eyes and she does it for me: not only does she dress beautifully but she has a sense of humour (the boat scene) and then departs the fray gracefully when she realises that the Captain loves Maria, even before he realises. I want to be like her.

[Callcat]

Fiona Bruce. And Elizabeth from the Queens Gambit.

[LadyofMisrule]

Harriet Walter

[Liverbird77]

Love the Baroness!
In terms of people I would like to look like: Keira Knightly, Kate Morning

[Londonlassy]

Princess Mary or Denmark. She has never put a foot wrong

[C130]

Coretta Scott King
Dorothy Dandridge
Grace Kelly
Maria Callas
Nat King Cole

[Standrewsschool]

Audrey Hepburn
Honor Blackman
Judi Dench
Jessica Rabbit!

[dayswithaY]

Moira Rose, Schitt's Creek.

[Lampzade]

Iman
Joanne Lumley
Michelle Obama
Queen of Spain
Honor Blackman
Catherine Deneuve ( sp?)
Sade

[KirstenBlest]

The Countess of Wessex.

[Darklane]

Another vote for Kristin Scott Thomas, especially in Four Weddings
Lauren Bacall
Timothy Dalton

[Nikhedonia]

@amusementPark

I would say Bree from Desperate Housewives.

In which season?

She's such a brilliant character, I really loved her (even with the debauchery)

[PracticallyPerfectInZeroWays]

Thomas Crowne as played by Pierce Brosnan.

[PracticallyPerfectInZeroWays]

Michelle Obama! Absolutely, supportivemyarse, good call.

This is a bit left-field and also exposes the amount of rubbish TV I watch but I always thought that Rachel Lindsay from the Bachelorette was very sophisticated in a young way too. Very poised, very classy.

[devildeepbluesea]

@AllAboutHallowsEve loved that letter!!

@MacDuffsMuff lush story, she sounds wonderful. And exactly the sort of thing I had in mind. Sophistication is about so much more than looks.

[NomadNoMore]

Cary Grant
Ava Gardner
Nigella
J Lo when clothed

[EngineeringFix]

Thought of one: Fred Astaire.

[Soozikinzii]

Walter in Sleepless in Seattle

[mynxy]

Joanna Lumley and Rosamund Pike.

Wish I was tall and elegant instead of short and dumpy

[MoChridhe]

Melania Trump
Ivanka
Looks alone, not their politics.

[MacDuffsMuff]

@EngineeringFix

What a lovely story about Sophia Loren!

My mum always said that she was obviously a woman who was used to other women feeling insecure around her and made such an effort to make her mum good. She gave me and my sister a hug before she left and she smelled so lovely. My dad said that every single man on the set was hopelessly in love with her (I suspect he was one of them ).

[Mummydaydreams]

I always think Victoria Coren-Mitchell comes across as self composed, witty and sophisticated

[queenofarles]

supportivemyarse she was talking to who must have been her DD, her voice was so familiar , I just thought that sounds just like the actress from My girl , you know the line "allergic to chocolate?"

I’m rarely starstruck by actors as I’ve seen so many and the majority look likes slobs in need of a good wash in RL .
Leo DiCaprio , gosh you wouldn’t even know it’s him.
But Julie ormand just seems so elegant and classic, and Charlotte Rambling ofcourse .

[EngineeringFix]

What a lovely story about Sophia Loren!

[Bluesheep8]

I can't believe no one has mentioned a Vienetta yet ...

Oh yes, I remember that being the height of sophistication when I was young, that and Sara Lee strawberry cheesecake and Schloer, now that was one sophisticated beverage in the 80s