I am not one to copy an individual but there is one person who stands out from the rest about whom I absolutely cannot stop thinking. Well, actually two, coming to think now of Audrey Hepburn, but I will save that one for another day.
Edith Sedgwick – The style icon of the 20th Century.
Edith (Edie) Sedgwick had a turbulent career troubled my substance abuse and eating disorders. She was linked with Andy Warhol, had a destructive relationship with Bob Dylan and finally settled with Michael Post before her fatal overdose on prescription medication. She died in November 1971. She was 28.
But what is it about this girl that for years following her death we still continued to follow her style? Sedgwick rose to style icon status when she first appeared on the screen. Even to ever-trendy Manhattan she brought a different look which hadn’t been seen before. She brought us short bleached-blonde hair, black tights, long t-shirts, smoky black eyes, shoulder-sweeping earrings and leopard print.
Sedgwick remains the cover girl for urban hipsters with her simple but classic looks. Fifty years on and her trademark style is still as popular now as when she first introduced it. That there, my fashion muses, is a true style icon.
Style Icon (12tyle n’con3) n 1. An individual who is the face of all things hip and cool for decades after her death 2. Someone who you absolutely detest because they look so cool.
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