Ever want to know what women, some at the top of their fashion game, think about personal style and uniform dressing? This article in W Magazine is a fun peek into the thoughts behind what makes women such as Vogue’s Tonne Goodman (she was also the fashion director at Bazaar when I was there), Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele (who was at Vogue when I was starting out in fashion–you could hear her coming down the hallway, her jewelry clanking around), writer Fran Lebowitz and men such as artist Rashid Johnson chose what they wear. I love that Carlyne, pictured above, still wears men’s coats, track suits and pearls, that Tonne Goodman is almost religious about her white jeans, and that Jane Wenner exclusively wears striped mariniere shirts. I’m not sure whom I relate to most. Perhaps Fran, because sure, she’s in jeans and a button-down and blazer, but each piece is custom by Savile Row tailors. She gets the idea of fewer better things.
image courtesy W magazine
Thank you so much! Always interested in fashion uniforms and buying far less of the better quality.
A fun Sunday night piece, Jennifer!
An interesting read. Thank you, I find it fascinating to learn about people’s personal uniforms.
Wonderful article. I’ve always had a “uniform” way of dressing, and am now figuring out a new one as I’ve moved to a rural area which has it’s own, but different sense of fashion. I imagine lots of people who lived in “cities” who moved during the pandemic, are facing the same, but fun challenge.
I would have missed this wonderful article ! My uniform swings into place when I travel . Sigh , just saying travel makes me miss it more . I work in Europe so being able to carry on is essential . My jewelry is what makes it work !!
Plus this is written by the amazing Andrea Whittle who grew up around the corner from us in Wainscott . Thank you so much for posting Jennifer .
I love seeing “well loved” birkins instead of the pristine fashion blogger photos. 🙂
I’m not sure if your frequent commenters, mamavalveeta003 and KSL, are dear friends of yours, but I’d love a little feature on them! What is their style? Who are they? What makes them tick?! I always search for their comments on posts. Xx