Who is Gelila Puck, some of you might ask? None other than the wife of famed celebrity chef and restauranteur, Wolfgang puck. The uber chic Gelila is a fashion designer (she designed the handbag in picture three), and Philanthropist. Ever on the lookout for stylish women, Gelila caught my eye, and I knew that I had to add her to my list of "women of style."
(Pictures: essence.com)
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As always, Rachel Roy appears absolutely chic. I love the mix of patterns and prints....I'm totally inspired!
(WWD)
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While she will always be remembered for her role as "Nora Desmond" in Sunset Boulevard, her sense of style and love of fashion remains legendary. I can imagine that she's "original clotheshorse," as it's written that she spent thousands per year on her wardrobe. She was always the epitome of glamour. I recently watched an episode of The Carol Burnett Show on which Gloria Swanson starred. She was beautifully "turned out" in the latest 70s fashion sporting a classic bob. This fashion icon will always be one of my favorite women of style.
Color picture: wikipedia.com
Black & white pictures: fanpix.net
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The stylist, who is little more than 20, is a creative talent and - when it comes to style - shows a maturity that few could hope to match
I can remember vividly the moment I met the creative ingenue, it was in Berlin for fashion week a few years back, I was hitting the galleries and parties with German designer Kai Kuhne and American stylist Avena Gallegher when we came across this larger-than-life spirit adorned with nine silver dots on her face and wearing what seemed to be a second skin of tight black leather.
When I asked her "who are you" she answered dismissively "I am Pholoso" then promptly went back to her dancing partner - somehow with all camera's and attention on her. Then everywhere I went on the European fashion circuit, she was there: Paris, London, Copenhagen, Antwerp and beyond.
So who is this girl - that stylistically shows a maturity few can emulate? When you finally win her conversation she offers up references that are far beyond her years - perhaps she is exactly who she initially told me she was - just "Pholoso". Simply put she is a twenty-something stylist from South Africa who found her way to the fashion center of Antwerp, Belgium with her mother, a government worker, only to win the hearts, minds and respect of a long list of industry insiders.
"My style is very random, I just wake up and think how I feel like."
(Vogue Italia)
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Reluctant indeed! As one of the most famous style icons of all time, Katherine Hepburn shunned all fashion monikers related to her classic look. To her, she simply put on clothes, wore little or no makeup and went about her way. Though she did have many a glamourous moment when captured in magazines or publicity stills, she preferred minimalism in her private life. Following are quotes from the star, as she shares her feelings about fashion and her iconic status.
"I just can't stand jewelry," said Hepburn who objected to accessories that distracted from her clothes. "I don't mind rings sometimes, and I don't mind earrings if they don't wiggle."
"My uniform" is the way that Hepburn described slacks and a turtleneck. "The pants came because I didn't like stockings and I like low heels," she said.
"I wasn't conscious of whether it was in style or not," the actress said of her attire. "I was only conscious of whether I thought it was becoming to me."
"When I first got to California, I wore a skirt," she said. "But then hating skirts, I quickly went to pants. And then having little money to throw away. I went to a good tailor and I had a suit made."
"I never dressed up for any man," Hepburn insisted. "If I thought he cared how I looked, I would have thought he was a fool."
"She is the all-time movie chic," said designer John Weitz when the Council of Fashion Designers awarded Hepburn it's 1985 Lifetime Achievement Award. Said the actress: "We're in a serious spot when the original bag lady wins a prize for the way she dresses."
The actress didn't believe in looking "as though you've made a tremendous effort. I think it should be just a lucky happening."
"I thought my neck was too scrawny, so I covered it up with a turtleneck," Hepburn explained. "I have a little face, and I didn't want a great big collar with a little face coming out of it, so I had little collars."
Hepburn admitted that her easy elegance was time-consuming: "I said to Garbo once, 'I bet it takes us longer to look as if we hadn't made any effort than it does someone else to come in beautifully dressed.'"
Her hair-care arcana included pins, combs and rollers of newspaper. "Different sizes to make whatever size curl you want," she said. "The paper absorbs the water."
fashion, said Hepburn, "has always been a question of comfort with me, and once in a while, if I think something is delicious I'm willing to put it on for as short a time as possible."
(Quotes takes from People's Tribute Commemorative Issue)
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