Curiously, I don’t know, but I can tell you a story. I was going on holiday to the Caribbean and went to the loo, had to queue, so was standing at the top of the aisle, looking around me, bored.
Later I got regularly talking to a young woman, mid twenties. who was at the same complex as us. She blurted out one day, “I can’t believe I know you now, when you were on the plane, we were all talking about you. Someone had said, look at that woman, she’s really elegant, so we were all discussing you as you stood there”
Which kinda surprised my daughter and I. I was wearing a black fitted t shirt, black yoga pants, and flip flops, of all things, as you do for flying, and had my hair up in a chignon. I am five foot eight and a healthy weight, brunette.
I think it was likely the simple clothing, and the hair up, but I think if you keep it simple, well fitting, nothing revealing or over tight, no busy patterns, and you’re relatively tall, with some natural make up, it does it. No large or gaudy jewellery, I wear just a pair of Pearl studs for example, and hair well kept, .as well as a level of confidence, you can look elegant to others,
I think my daughter is naturally elegant, it always occurs to me when I look at her from afar, but I think that’s about how she carries herself, she’s tall, five foot nine, and slim, but there is something about the way she moves, and holds herself, that seems elegant.