Admittedly, I’m not big on fashion nor am I fashionable. I love shopping (like most girls), especially for clothes, but I’m not the kind to keep an eye out for the latest trends or splurge on expensive designer items. Because of my devil-may-care attitude when it comes to dressing myself, I often find myself wearing stupid jeans, a stupid shirt, and stupid flip-flops most days and it’s not surprising when people mistake me for a 14-year old. Now despite being a borderline fashion disaster who can’t tell the difference between cotton and polyester (I am able, though, to spot a fake Coach or Louis Vuitton purse when I see one. It’s easy, really: see that woman dressed in a Mercury Drug uniform about to board that Cubao-bound jeepney? Those LV monograms on her purse probably stand for LolVag. …okay, that sounds lame AND wrong), I’d like to think that I am able to pull off decent-looking outfits.
Recently, the boyfriend gave me a copy of InStyle’s Secrets of Style (I actually thought it was a book on web design when he told me he had a Style book for me). I haven’t had the chance to go through it thoroughly, but I’ve flipped through a few pages and saw several pictures of celebrities— presumably style icons. (Cue in awkward transition here!!!) So I thought: well, damn, I’ve got a few style icons myself! And let me show you them! Though I don’t necessarily aspire to copy the way they dress, these are people I look up to and prevent me from leaving the house dressed in, I don’t know, shipping boxes? (O-ho)
1. Edie Sedgwick
Edie Sedgwick has long fascinated me, even before Factory Girl came out in 2006 (a movie that prompted an ex-housemate to start acting and dressing like her). According to Styledash, shoulder-sweeping earrings, short bleached blond hair, heavy eye make-up, black tights, and leopard print furs make up the Edie Sedgwick look. Nevermind that I haven’t worn chandelier earrings five times bigger than my ears since college, that it’s been years since I last had short hair, that and I’ve never worn anything leopard print (or fur!) my whole life— if there’s one thing Ms Sedgwick and I have in common, it’s that a cigarette and a drink are our best accessories.
Our boobs are both non-existent, too!
2. Lauren Conrad
While there is nothing exceptional about her wardrobe, Lauren’s simple, above-the-knee dresses are very familiar to me, in the sense that these pieces are already things I wear.
3. Clémence Poésy
Unsurprisingly, not a lot of people are familiar with this French actress, who has one of the most beautifully-unboring faces I’ve ever seen. She looks fabulously pulled-together and classy even though it always seems like she’s up to no-good/just freebased heroin/about to scratch your eyes out/planning your death or how to steal your first-borne son.
4. Mary-Kate Olsen
There is no other celebrity I adore more than Mary-Kate. I love how she can go from all-glammed up to lazy-Sunday-ashcan-hobo-mess and still be, well, hot. It’s pretty easy to pull off the latter look, too: just throw on a slightly oversized shirt, a huge bag, anti-paparazzi shades, mess up your hair a bit, grab a Starbucks latte and voila! you’re a fat MK! Pants are optional.
Notice a theme here? Save for Lauren Conrad, these girls are built like cokewhores.
Hi, I'm Helga Weber and welcome to my personal site. I'm 25 and in the process of learning how to make adventurous life choices. I dislike old people but I love grandma clothes. My goal in life is to build a ball pit right next to my bed. Currently searching for the perfect house coat. My lover is the greatest. 
I find it so effing hilarious when I see people with LV bags who are extremely young (say elementary school), dressed like a bum, going home in a McDs uniform.. etc etc.
IF YOU CAN’T AFFORD IT, DON’T FREAKING BUY IT!!!! I HATE fake stuff.
I like MK’s style because it’s unique although I probably won’t wear stuff she does, LC’s is okay… your everyday stuff which is not too special but looks good.
I can’t really define my style though because it depends on my mood. Usually, it’s jeans, boots or flats and a nice top.
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Oooh Factory Girl. Thanks for reminding me download that. I still dress up like a 19-year old. No style in that. Haha.
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Hmm, #3 looks familiar. Is that the coke whore from In Bruges? Great movie.
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I’ve never heard of Edie Sedgwick before – she’s cuuute!
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Ugh how I abhor MK and Lauren Conrad. I think MK looks like a hobo half the time, and LC is just so boring!
But I do adore Clemencé Poesy, how is it that she is just so effortlessly badass?
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I’m currently reworking my wardrobe to look more like Mary Kate’s. (Or at least pathetically trying to.) Lulz. I love her. :D
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Tank tops for women will always be fashionable. They are cheap, easy to wear and easier to appreciate. Unless you have black pits.
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Lauren Conrad?! Well, actually, she’s ok. The clothes she wears are always safe, so they’re usually never bad. However, her clothing line really sucks. They’re plain, generic, and over priced.
The Olsen Twins, on the other hand, are REAL fashion icons. I swear, you can tell they make up their own shit. Like, they’ll just put on whatever because it was there. Sometimes, their outfits are…weird, but they still manage sell it.
One time I was looking at a magazine and noticed one of the twins and I once thought, “What the HELL is she wearing?! I want to buy it…”
tehehe.
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I loved Clémence Poésy in In Bruges. :)
…Edie Sedgwick however, is still unfamiliar to me.
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Eew I hate LC. But I like the others, although I prefer Ashley to MK. Great post!
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Lauren Conrad rocks!! bagay sa kanya yung above the knees dresses… that turns me on!
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