Today we will explore the idea of a style icon, which I've never really had. I don't like to call them icons because I don't just become obsessed with the person's style, I become quite stalkerish towards the actual person or character. I think about them all the time and how I can be like them. A little circa Elementary school which makes me pathetic in a way, but I think it's healthy to draw inspiration from others. Yeah, that's what I'm going to call it. Moving forward. My current style icons are a school bully, a Fashion bully, a drugged out emotionally detached British kid, and a princess. I would include Blair Waldorf, but her style is waning currently and its not really an innovative statement. However, click to find out the style mavens of today!

Style Icon #1: Marion Hawthorne from Harriet the Spy

Granted, this is a bit of a stretch in terms of noteriety, however this was one of my absolute FAVORITE childhood films. So I went on a 90's children movie binge the other day and I noticed how much I loved Marion's style.

Tidbit for the unfortunate uninformed, Marion is the school bully who uses her prissy snobbery to strike inferiority in the student body.

What you can't see in this outfit is her killer chesnut colored riding pant-esque leggings and oxford shoes. Talk about chic androgyny.

Marion is on the left. Excuse the extreme lack of quality. I nicked these screenshots from Youtube.

I adore this. Classic Marion reprimanding her classmates on their lack of refined taste. Over the top she may be, but it works, and she rocks it.

Fantastic. A neutral palette with a pop of color with the ascot. Again she's wearing riding pants and oxfords, but you can't see them. Oh if the pixilation wasn't so strong.

Style Icon #2: Emily Charlton from The Devil Wears Prada

Okay, so maybe not that original, but it is Emily and not Andy that I'm idolizing here. Her modern cuts and sometimes cat-like makeup make her so beyond stylish that she's, dare I say it, fierce. There, I said it, but Emily truly deserved it.

Not quite sure what's going on with the blouse here, but I love it. It's that crazy thing that nobody but Emily owns and for good reason. If you could see the skirt and the boots, this outfit might short circuit your screen.

Again, the structure of the jacket on her shoulders is very obscure, but looks fantastic on her. Her penchant for black is actually realistic in the fashion world. Most New York Fashionistas own mostly black clothes. Sad, but true.

Oh come on. It's the Emily glare. That and she's wearing a storm cloud on her shoulders. FTW.

Style Icon #3: Sara (i forget her last name) from A Little Princess

Think early 20th century with massive bows and uber-girly clothes. To me, that's perfection. Frills with no boundaries. Here, we have a wealthy slightly British girl with a killer wardrobe. Unfortunately, she attends a private school that requires uniforms so we only get a few glimpses into her closet.

What a coat. Just wow. The bonnet is added wow, however not as enviable.

Okay, not Sara, but her classmates in the uniform. How cute is this!!!???

Upon her rescue from being pesudo-orphaned, Sara's father gifts her and her for real orphaned friend with new outfits in, again, white.

Again, not exactly Sara, but her classmates displaying a horribly pixilated version of their overcoats. Think Madeline's blue coat in black with a lovely crest on it. Stunning.

Style Icon #4 (Biggest Fashion Crush Ever): Effy Stonem from Skins






About as notorious in England as Blair Waldorf is in the US, Effy is the younger sister of the series' first and second season's title character Tony. Third season, she took center stage and we really got to know Effy, and her style. She's the fun loving, dark, drug user with emotional problems and sick (both literally and the "cool" definition) manipulation skills. Her style is quite appropriate.

Circa Season 2, Effy grows up a bit, compared to the first picture in which she is 14. This 15 year old Effy is edgier and more gothic. Still fantastic, if not entirely possible for someone as suburban as moi.









Effy's premiere outfit in Season 3. She's apparently ahead of the no pants trend considering this was shot last fall. There are no words.









Again, she's ahead of the leather jacket trend, maybe not entirely, but she got into it before Urban Outfitters started making faux ones. Once that point hits, the trend should get the ax.



And there you have it, my style inspirations at the moment. I want to include Max from Where The Wild Things Are but that would be both impractical because he only wears a wolf suit the entire movie and also a lie; I just really want the wolf suit coming out at Opening Ceremony.

Anyway, enough of me. Go find some style icons of your own.