style heroes?

[nellieloula]

So my gorgeous friend is treating me to a morning with a personal shopper/stylist. Very exciting - in advance i have been asked to tell her whose style I like....my mind has gone completely blank!

So in the hope of some inspiration....who are your style heroes??

Cate Blanchett, I like zooey Deschanel too. Also Tori Amos from back in the day.

Interesting question, I'm struggling a bit too... Patti Smith, Jane Birkin. I like Lauren Laverne's picks in the Observer but wouldn't go quite so far as to say she's my style hero. Tilda Swinton definitely but unimitable. YY to Vivienne Westwood and Daphne Guinness. Helen Mirrin is pretty cool too. I will have to think more on this!

Absolutely agree re Daphne Guinness. Nan Kempner was another high fashion original. Both women seem/ed (Nan is dead) to see fashion as an art, and embrace/d the dressing up /dramatic aspect.

Clemence Poesy. She doesn't try and look sexy.

Debbie Harry and Doris Day

Mine would be:

Oldies: Coco Chanel, Audrey Hepburn, C.Z. Guest

Current: Jenna Lyons, Giovanna Battaglia, Carine Roitfeld, Emanuelle Alt

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Emmanuelle Alt. I love that she could wear any designer at any price but chooses to stick with her timeless signature aesthetic.

Bit sad, but Audrey in "Rules of Engagement" ( the sitcom not the film). I love everything she wears, and she has curves. I love Olivia Palermo and Kate Moss, but their figures are so boyish, I couldn't carry off their style.

Oh good grief! I'm still in my Annie Hall/Diane Keaton phase and I'm in my mid fifties!

I love the way a lot of people look/ed eg Debbie Harry, Chrissie Hynde, Audrey Hepburn but their looks wouldn't necessarily suit me. The one person I always think looks lovely and whose style I actually have a chance of pulling off is Jennifer Aniston. I like how she does both casual and full-on red carpet really well and always looks polished but not over the top or too 'done'. I think she knows what suits her and sticks to it which is key to a stylish look - being drop dead gorgeous doesn't hurt either!

Reese Witherspoon for me.

Julianne Moore - always elegant and absolutely beautiful. 52 and doesn't appear to have had any work done.

Another vote for Clemence Poesy - so chic but she never looks like she has tried too hard.

Helena bonham carter

Kate Bosworth wears some interesting stuff and loves Rodarte and Doo Ri making her a woman of taste in my eyes.

Kate Moss in her early days. Now she looks a bit raddled and cliched. Too many years trying to be Marianne faithfull IMO.

Arizona Muse- a favourite model.

Arden Wohl- She wears a lot of Margiela.

Taylor Tomasi Hill makes interesting choices but considering the clothes available to her I'd expect her to I guess.

Marion Cotillard makes good red carpet choices.

As does Diane Kruger.

I also like Kathryn Neale and Florence Kane from US Vogue.

Jackie Kennedy, her look is timeless and her style can still be adapted to suit today.

love the laid back look of some off duty models,like lily aldridge and alessandra ambrosio,

and of course the french vogue team,emanuelle and geraldine are by far the best dressed vougettes in FW.

60's stuff really. Catherine Deneuve, etc.
Julie Newmar as catwoman.
Occasionally Kirsten Dunst and Sofia Coppola.

Was fond of the Parisian chic thing until I learned that many of the masculine cuts don't suit me (charlotte gainsbourg, emmanuelle alt).

I do like the way Isabel Marant dresses.

Miuccia Prada - she just gets it so right for me. So intelligent and unusual, but bloody gorgeous too.

Reese Witherspoon and not in real life but the character of Charlotte York in Sex and the City.

Helena Bonham Carter. Love her.

Carin Roitfield - edgy, effortless and cool

Completely forgot about Clemence Poesy - love her style.

MissBeeHiving: I read an article in the Observer today on Carine Roitfeld. She came across very well but have you ever noticed how ungroomed her eyebrows are?!

Ah yes forgot about Roitfield and Alt - love them..