There's something about nonchalant coolness that intrigues me. I blame Kate Moss for beginning the trend - or, is it even a trend? Kate's always been such a casual-chic, thrown-together, utterly unbelievably gorgeous supermodel-cum-style icon. My first glimpse of her in the glossies was when she was a teenager, vamping it up in Calvin Klein's ads for Obsession, looking like the heroin-chic waif she personified.
And yet I wonder what she looked like before she exploded on to the modeling scene in the U.S. - back in London, was she always a trendsetter? Was she just born with the innate ability to pull on hotpants, a tank sans bra, several lacy granny cardigans, motorcycle boots and look like a million bucks?
Photo: New York Daily News
If Kate was the predecessor, then Sienna and Mary-Kate followed suit. Each stomped into our style-hungry lives with their disheveled, bohemian-chic appearances, mussed hair and day-old make-up and gave us something to stare at - and long for.
So what is it about that "nonchalant coolness" that I'm waxing on about? Is it innate? Or learned?
I'd like to believe I was born with just as much coolness in every bone of my body as Kate, but unfortunately, I wasn't. While I think I was born with a certain panache and flair for dressing like the chic little fashionista I know I am, I'm not able to roll out of bed, hungover and bleary-eyed from a night out, ready for the cameras and an ensemble inspection from the entire world. I was born cool, but not that cool. I just need a little eyeliner and hair product.
What about you? Can you slum it tout comme Kate and look like a sexy thing? Or do you need a bit more help?
