A stylish person you once saw who you can't forget

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Me, Southwest West France about 1979
We were still agog by topless women, but there was this one woman who had a gold chain around her tiny waist and she looked brilliant and I just thought today she must be dead by now
Who do you remember seeing that made an impact?

I just assumed they were “old” then but older now 😆

Everytime i look in the mirror i think bitch you look good, others may have style but you are stylish, they may look stylish but bitch you own it.
Morning prep talk over.

I look like a hag half rat half human ish.

Everyone has style just in their own way.

Getting back to the OP, there was a girl in the yr above me at 6th form & she was always so well put together. Everything looked good on here, she was just naturally stylish.

Another train station one, but only a few weeks ago. I’d guess she was late 70s, baggy cuffed trousers in dark grey, green fitted tailored jacket, grey trainers and a straw-coloured trilby. I don’t have the descriptive power of other posters on this thread to put across how fab she looked, but she’s who I thought of as soon as I saw the thread title.

So boring, the idea that British people can never be stylish

South of France 1981. Beach full of topless women. Including many women with hairy armpits and pubes on show.
Every day a girl of about 19 used to walk along the shore in a full piece black suit with a gold chain belt.
She had a bob.
And everyone on the beach used to admire her.
A lesson in subtle chic.

I used to pass a girl on the way to work who always wore variations on black trousers and a black top. Many different cuts of trousers, all sorts of different tops. The blacks always matched. Very, very occasionally a very sharp white shirt, with or without sleeves.

She always had some kind of minimal accessories - studs or hooped earrings - gold or diamond. A bright neck scarf. Bangles. Never much, always something.

She always wore ballet flats, slightly chunky, and quality - Moda in Pelle type, rather than New Look type - and they were usually bright colours, I’m not sure I ever saw her in black shoes.

Very classic beige trench coat. Burberry type. Hell, probably was Burberry.

Always lipstick, usually red. She had a perfect bob, just below ear length and natural coloured looking dark brown hair.

This was about 25 years ago. She was about my age, maybe a bit older - so 30ish then.

I love seeing anyone who's really made an effort with their look in an unique or unusual way. It can often be young people being experimental, but the best are older people who've the experience, knowledge and confidence that only time can bring

No shade?
Well unless she checked their passports, she had no way of telling.

Sitting in a train station in Spain. It could have been Madrid but not 100% sure as I travelled around on train to quite a few places. I'm sitting waiting on my train going and looking out the window. This other train disembarks and there were so many well dressed people on it. I remember one woman walking past with a cloche hat and long coat that look tailored.

@Whattingeri was in Lucca nine years ago during an incredible heatwave. I had to walk the dog early and was fascinated every morning by the elderly people in bright Lycra sportswear power walking around the town walls

I so want to know more about Mrs Watts. I love her already.

Same, also no hat and my dress was a silk number from jigsaw. Wish it still fitted ):

Audrey Hepburn?!

I'm curious to know why your mother disliked Mrs Watts so. Do you have any idea?

I live next to a small French town of about 1000 people. My hairdresser was amazed to see a Jude Law lookalike in the local park. Turned out it really was him, his parents apparently had a house not far away.

Agreed!
Multicultural describes a society, community, or environment that includes and celebrates people from multiple distinct ethnic, racial, or cultural backgrounds.
I saw people of many different ethnicities and from many different cultures (as far as I can tell) - many of whom may have been British. I am mixed race myself, and yet British born and bred (though sadly, not a style icon). Lots of people I work with were born overseas, some weren't, and there are lots to admire from both groups. London - like lots of other places in the UK - is pretty incredibly cool, and is full of people worth staring at!

Poster answered that on page 1 of the thread

A woman at the Eurostar terminal in Brussels. Tailored grey shift dress, simple but perfectly tailored to her. Beautiful accessories, simple makeup, long hair in a simple up do. It was all so simple, but well done.

I would die happy if I was 🤣🤣

Absolutely! Wonderfully diverse. Difficult to know who is British and who is not, at a glance.

Just joining for style inspiration!

If I notice anyone stylish I tend to fixate on one garment rather than remembering the whole ensemble.

Edinburgh 2003 - a very good looking guy in his early 20s wearing a 'proper' knee length kilt with a chunky ecru roll neck jumper, ecru knee length knitted socks and brown ankle boots. He just wore it so well and had a great walk! Plus he didn't give the impression that he loved himself, just a cool confident vibe

I've seen so many...I always notice stylish people. But the one that sprang to mind was the very first time I properly noticed someone’s style, and the impact it had on my young and impressionable mind.

I was a young teenager, on a school trip to Germany, and I saw a young woman working in a bead shop. I only saw her top half because she was sitting behind a counter, but she had a very relaxed indie kind of vibe. She was wearing a loose strappy white vest top layered over a black one, layered funky jewellery, and messy hair. She just looked so effortlessly cool and confident to my teenage eyes, and quirky and alternative. I think that was the first time I realised how creative and expressive it was possible to be with style/appearance. I just wanted to be her. 35 years later, and I still remember her. Proper girl crush.

Oh God, floods of tears reading that!!!