Style Spotlight: Chloë Sevigny, The Style Icon Who’s Too Cool for Hollywood
If you don’t know who Chloë Sevigny is, your big sister probably does, but she was called “the coolest girl in the world” by the New Yorker in 1994 and remains to be even as she turns 50. She filmed her first movie “Kids” at 19 and has remained a New York City It Girl ever since. In her 20’s and 30s, Chloë was obsessed with vintage pieces from designers like Holly Harp, Azzedine Alaia, and Thierry Mugler. More recently, she has been seen wearing Vivienne Westwood, Phoebe Philo, and Chopova Lowena.
“People can see that I have some sort of other perspective—an alternate perspective,”
“Here’s a Hollywood star who dares to walk the red carpet without an overpaid stylist dictating what shoes she should slip into.” (LA Times)
While I was abroad in Paris, she was in a giant YSL campaign featured along the Seine, and the same one was above the Corner Deli in Soho this fall.
Chloë Sevigny in British Elle, 2005.
Her style is playful while still being chic, and is always changing based on the season or year.
“Sevigny’s casually cool premiere look consisted of baggy jeans, a khaki trench coat, and knitted one-shoulder top. Oh, and a Gucci handbag for good measure.” ( W Magazine)
She is known for her style and ability to be perceived as a character without speaking.
“I love Chloë Sevigny but she is more Vuitton/Loewe/Celine.She maybe has too much personal style for YSL by Vaccarello”.
Who ever thought someone could have too much personal style? I can understand wanting a model that fits a brand’s image, but Chloë’s personal style has only progressed her career, so I find comments like those inconsequential. But I also just love Chloë.
Xoxo
Leah