Style High Club

Growing up in a country where everybody seemed to look and dress the same, Nina Hagen was the shining beacon of individual style. I loved her snowwhite-on-acid look, her mickey mouse hair style, the thick heavy eyeliner. The woman’s nuts and unashamedly herself, if anyone proves that style originates from true self confidence, then her.

There aren’t many contemporary actresses or ‘clebs’ that I really like , let alone whose style I admire, but Chloe is the exception to the rule.

She is beautiful without being your generic beauty. Her style is eccentric, always cool, always hip but she always remains true to herself.

modelling her collection for Opening Ceremony

 
(picture: Pudri)

I just love Jean Seberg in A bout de souffle. Her Harald Tribune T-shirt, stripy top and boyish crop are just amazing.

My recent Paris trip reminded me of a painter I really like: Tamara de Lempicka. Fashion obsessed herself, Lempicka’s paintings depict the fashionable bohemian women she encountered in 1920s Paris and America.

 Tamara herself

To me Anita Ekberg is a huge inspiration. I admire both her style and attitude as well as her curvy pin up body.

She famously told Howard Hughes she wouldn’t change her name, as people would learn how to pronounce it if she became famous. How right she was!

Because of her, little black dresses, full skirts, balcony bikini tops and bustiers have found their way into my wardrobe.