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Style Star - Julia Sarr Jamois

23 year old Julia Sarr Jamois is Fashion Editor of Wonderland magazine as of 2010 and has become style fixture ever since . Half Senegalese half French, former model with perfect Afro hair is at 1st row of every major European fashion week.

Her style is edgy, yet with structure and impeccable sense for prints and combinations of denim, color blocking and accessorizing. Whatever she styles, Julia is always comfy yet feminine.  Funky sunglasses in all seasons are glaming her look instead of massive jewelry.

To get her style start from printed dresses and printed combos.

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A Style To Admire: Christine Centenera

Christine Centenera, Australian Harper's Bazaar fashion editor, is also a celebrity stylist, street style icon and a great fashion mind behind Kanye West's new clothing line. This pretty Aussie has it all: a job millions would kill for, amazing style and the enviable collection of shoes. Often dressed in Hermes, Burberry, Celine and the rest of high class brand names, but at the same time wearing them in her own uncopiable way with a futuristic touch, she leaves us speechless with every appearance.

Phoebe Philo for Celine jacket, Louis Vuitton scarf and Hermes Rivale bracelet

She is unfairly put on the sidelines of fashion scene while much less stylish people dictate what's in & what's out.

This outfit made her world-famous 

Christine often wears her boyfriend Josh Goot's designs

Christine is not intimidated by matching oversized clothes with statement shoes. It's the opposite - she is in the minority of people who can pull it off! We can often see her in bold outfits: strong shoulder blazers, baroque style, peplum, lace... Controversal see-through fabrics actually look expensive on her which is, you'll agree, a characteristic of perfect style and also a reason to admire her even more.

Balmain strong shoulder blazer + simple denim shorts = perfection!

No one wears Celine pajama pants like this girl!

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[STYLE INSPIRATION] Carrie Bradshaw for 2012

When I read this post over at Fashion Foie Gras about movies that make you want to reinvent your entire wardrobe and look, I couldn’t help but think of my own “screen moment” that made me want to alter my entire approach to style and fashion. It wasn’t so much a moment, as a character. Carrie Bradshaw. Sure, she’s the style icon who changed many a young woman’s wardrobe, for me that change was profound to say the least. Before Carrie (BC, shall we say!) I wore a uniform of jeans and t-shirts and trainers. After Carrie, I began to add skirts and dresses and colour to my wardrobe. Ok, so I’m still working on the colour element but I have definitely moved in a more girly phase since being introduced to Ms Bradshaw. She was original queen of colour blocking and clashing prints, Carrie Bradshaw inspired girls and women the world over with her outrageous outfits in the hit TV show, Sex and the City. Here, I’ve disected five keys looks from the Carrie-years and how you can wear them today, with finds straight from the high street!

For this look, why not grab one of Uniqlo’s UT tees? Try with the grey Minnie Mouse tee, or add a bit of colour with the yellow tee. Follow Carrie’s lead and add either smarten the look with a blazer, or go wild and add a statement maxi skirt.

For a Carrie-inspired colour blocked look choose a bold tee, in either pink or red or blue and team with a striped skirt, either go safe with a monochrome number from Dorothy Perkins or clash with this pleated skirt by Oasis.

Pearls and Carrie are synonymous with each other. Pile them on for a real Carrie-look. This multi strand set from Dorothy Perkins is perfect, or this from Oasis. If you’re not so keen on the necklaces, why not grab this pearl bracelet from Warehouse.

Think of Carrie and you’ll likely think of corsages! Wear them either in your hair, or pinned to your top, or tied around your wrist – wherever you choose, make sure they’re big! Any of these would work: pink from Oasis; blue from Warehouse; yellow from Dorothy Perkins; and burnt cream from DP.

Sporty luxe is another of this season’s trends that Carrie was working well over a decade ago! Team a luxe sweat (here or here) and a pair of fancy heels, or alternatively choose a slub vest with a mini skirt.

Long before Mary Katrantzou was clashing prints on the catwalks, Carrie Bradshaw was clashing prints on the sidewalks of New York City! Team a floral print skirt with a striped tee, or an animal print skirt with a floral top.

Another look Carrie sports a fair bit in the TV series is a crop top. This season they were all over the catwalks and are filling up rail space on the high street too. Whether you dare to bare everything in a bra top, or prefer to only give the illusion with a tie-front blouse, make sure you’re channelling the Carrie-look and choose bold prints or bright colours!

Which TV or movie character has most influenced your style?

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[STYLE ICON] Rachel Bilson as Dr Zoe Hart

My latest style icon is actress Rachel Bilson in her latest role as Dr Zoe Hart in the new hit TV show, Hart of Dixie. Have you seen it? No!? Well, go check it out for yourself right now! Bilson’s character manages to combine laid-back cool with a little added sex appeal - a look that every young woman wishes she could pull off with such aplomb!

From the creators of The O.C. and Gossip Girl, Hart Of Dixie stars Rachel Bilson as a sophisticated and ambitious young doctor who has to swap her fast-paced life in New York for the down-home world of Alabama after her perfect plans start to fall apart.

Zoe Hart thinks she has her life sorted – she graduated top of her class from medical school, has the perfect boyfriend and is set on following in her father’s footsteps to become a cardio-thoracic surgeon. But things soon start to go wrong, and Zoe is forced to accept an offer from a stranger, Dr Harley Wilkes, to work with him at his small practice in Bluebell, Alabama.

Bilson’s wardrobe in the show is filled with covetable pieces and great inspiration for the glorious summer sunshine we’re currently enjoying here in the UK, whether you favour a chance to show off your pins in a mini skirt or cover-up in easy-to-wear peg-leg trousers, Bilson shows you how.

If you’ve missed the show, so far, make sure to catch yourself up and watch it on Really – there are still more than 15 episodes left in the debut series and a second series has already been confirmed for the US – so it’ll likely be back on our screens in the UK again next year!

I’m clearly having a “Rachel-Bilson-moment” as my Pinterest boards are currently filled with her! Particularly her dip-dyed hair* (see here).

Who’s your current on screen style icon? For a blast from the past, check out my post earlier this week on how Carrie Bradshaw’s style translates to 2012!

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Style Icons

Look at these photos from the Front Row of the Fashion Weeks that have just come to an end, I thought it might be time to recap some of those who have been featured and who made their mark on the Front Row in New York, London, Milan and Paris:

First, Sienna Miller, who was not only making an appearance on the Front Row but also on the catwalk with her collection with sister Savannah, Twenty8Twelve:



Kate Moss has been a regular on the Front Rows since the 1990s and she continues to put her fashion foot forward:


Alexa Chung retains that quintessential English style that she has perfected, even when on the Front Row in another city:





Next up, Olivia Palermo was making waves here, at London Fashion Week and across the pond on the Front Row in New York:





Kiera Knightley, the face of Chanel’s Coco Mademoiselle, made an appearance for the brand’s show in Paris:


And finally, last week’s Style Icon Clémence Poésy, here at the Chanel show in Paris:


Tell me, who is your style icon?

I am also looking for bloggers who would like to write a guest post for this series, about their Style Icon, please get in touch if you would like to get involved.

STYLE ICON: ASHLEY OLSEN

Declaring Ashley Olsen as a style icon is pretty obvious, it's like ehhr... stating Ryan Gosling is kinda smoking hot (and so is my old flame Josh Hartnett by the way. Hi there.) Still, I'm kicking in this open door because Ashley has some serious fashion cred - The Row or Elizabeth and James obsessed, anyone? - and her style has been top of the bill for years. One of the girls I'd trade wardrobes with in a heartbeat. Do you feel the same way?

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