in my temple of worship..

i don't particularly admire young celebrities (apart from a few- margherita missoni, julia roitfeld, audrey tatou). Rather, i look at older stronger women as inspiration-they this amazing energy, a sense of being really self possessed and innately stylish.

(a short and very incomplete gallery of my favourite people)

Diana Vreeland (famous, fabulous editor)

Nan Kempner (socialite)


Carine Roitfeld ( is love..)

Lady Amanda Harlech (Karl's blue blooded muse)


Anna Mouglalis (french actress, another one of Karl's muses)

Tilda Swinton (to me, she's Katherine Hepbun reincarnate)



Sophia Coppola (oh come on! you know her! Marie Antoinette for goodness sakes...)



and pretty much all the Voguettes. (Emanuelle Alt, Camilla Nickerson, Grace Coddington Lucinda Chambers..even Plum Sykes sometimes)

I think this picture sums up what I mean; Marie-Amelia Sauve (Paris Vogue) with Nathalie Marek(?) are collaborators and muses to Nicholas Ghesquiere-strong, powerful women who wear the clothes rather than let the clothes wear them.