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Who did you want to look like when you were 18?

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DreamingofNuneaton · 13/07/2023 16:59

Would be really cool to see who was your famous role model when you were 18. Post a picture if you can.

I’ll go first - I wanted to be Justine Frischmann from Elastica - her hair and her confidence!

Who did you want to look like when you were 18?
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Sweetpea1532 · 14/07/2023 01:08

@AnneKipankitoo
I suppose @ScottBakula was Kate Jackson, then...what a trio!

Rolypolyfishheads · 14/07/2023 02:13

Louise Wener from Sleeper. I used to get told often that I looked like her which made me feel awesome 😂 oh, if only I still did 😭

Sweetpea1532 · 14/07/2023 02:56

A few people used to tell me I favour Kyra Sedgwick...not Farrah, but I'll take itGrin

Princessconsuelabananahammock9 · 14/07/2023 04:48

Winona, Drew, and Lisa Bonet.

Hailey Bieber is who I'd love to look like now.

Squirrelsnut · 14/07/2023 05:00

Irene Jacobs in Three Colours Red. I have a similar profile if not the Gallic chic and allure...

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MysteryBelle · 14/07/2023 07:41

Ilovetolurk · 13/07/2023 19:02

But did all you Madonna fans truly go for it like me Grin

I think you’re quite a few leagues above Madonna. No competition, wow!

MysteryBelle · 14/07/2023 07:48

Squirrelsnut · 14/07/2023 05:00

Irene Jacobs in Three Colours Red. I have a similar profile if not the Gallic chic and allure...

Interesting, I was about to post that my fave was Juliette Binoche.

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kerstina · 14/07/2023 08:40

Vanessa Paradis , Christy Turlington or Brooke shields .So beautiful .

Comedycook · 14/07/2023 09:07

Interesting how years ago so many of the women we aspired to look like or admired are just so natural looking and just normal. Obviously very pretty or beautiful but many are quirky, tomboyish and their look is natural and relatively low maintenance.

Nowadays everyone who is aspired to is fake, fake lips, fake hair, botox, fillers, layers and layers of make up.... everyone looks like a factory made clone.

ScottBakula · 14/07/2023 09:16

Waves @Sweetpea1532
I don't think I ever wanted to look like her but I always did and still do admire Jammie Lee Curtis looks

RampantIvy · 14/07/2023 09:18

Tlolljs · 13/07/2023 17:09

Blimey I’m old. Debbie Harry.

You and me both. Or Kate Bush.

itstheyearzero · 14/07/2023 09:33

Sherilyn Fenn - Twin Peaks actress

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GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 14/07/2023 09:49

Much like me, but with bigger tits and a cleavage!

I only began to appreciate having little ones right after having babies, and seeing better endowed women struggling with their massive hot concrete footballs.

Sleepimpossible · 14/07/2023 09:57

Kate Moss! Probably didn’t coincide with when I was 18 though! Would love to have looked like her, then and now.

GingerFoxInAT0phat · 14/07/2023 10:00

I wanted to look like Sienna Miller when I was 18ish, she was (and still is) absolutely beautiful and I loved the boho clothes.

I remember been on holiday as a teen and meeting new friends, they said I looked like Anna Kournikova but I couldn’t see it.

HibiscusIsland1 · 14/07/2023 10:19

Helena Christensen in the Wicked Game video era - goddess! I was 15 in 1991 and also a huge INXS fan. Helena and Michael were a beautiful couple.

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elp30 · 14/07/2023 12:28

For me, it was Phoebe Cates and Ingrid Chávez in Prince's "Graffiti Bridge".

I still find them both very beautiful.

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Who did you want to look like when you were 18?
itsmylife7 · 14/07/2023 12:30

Tlolljs · 13/07/2023 17:09

Blimey I’m old. Debbie Harry.

😀 me too.

HappyJunkie · 14/07/2023 12:39

😆..

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HibiscusIsland1 · 14/07/2023 15:32

Kim Wilde is beautiful!

AllOfThemWitches · 14/07/2023 15:38

Amy Lee

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FleshLiabilities · 15/07/2023 07:14

I'm not sure I wanted to look like any particular person, I just wanted to look like a cool indie kid.

But the only person I was told I looked like was Chesney Hawkes/

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JaffaCake70 · 09/02/2024 23:42

Corinne Drewery. I had the blunt fringe Bob and the DM's, and even managed to starve myself a Corinne figure for a while.....

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JaffaCake70 · 09/02/2024 23:46

VerbenaGirl · 13/07/2023 21:33

The lead singer from The Primatives.

Tracy Tracy - she was a doll ❤️

JaffaCake70 · 09/02/2024 23:49

ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 13/07/2023 19:59

This. I wanted her dreads.

Kate was gorgeous 😍 I saw an old TOTP with her the other day, she had tiny shorts (more like knickers) on and over the knee socks. She looked so cool and contemporary.

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