Dress for Success
Charity Ball Style: Under-the-Radar Maven Diane Kruger
Britany Larsen
Issue date: 11/3/09 Section: Voices
With Charity Ball just a few weeks away, it's time to start thinking about what you'll be wearing for the big night - B-School Prom. Finding a dress goes most smoothly if you have some inspiration in mind when hitting the shops (or a friends closet). But pick up any tabloid or major women's magazine and you'll see the usual suspects, time and time again - Megan Fox, the girls from "The Hills." Although these celebrities are fashionable in their own right, we're not getting any real inspiration from seeing another Herve Leger Bandage dress on Audrina Patridge or Kim Kardashian.
If you follow WhoWhatWear or Style.com's Top 5 of the day - you'll see a lesser-known variety of actresses and models deserving of some serious style props. My personal favorite under-the-radar starlet is Diane Kruger. I envy and adore everything I've ever seen her wear, including boyfriend Joshua Jackson (Pacey from Dawson's Creek) on her arm. Kruger's career was launched when she was picked to star as the face that launched a thousand ships, in Troy - so it goes without saying that she is stunning. The former ballerina turned model turned actress, is never one to play it safe, but she always looks incredibly cool, chic and effortless and very rarely, if ever, gets it wrong. Kruger is tri-lingual (German, French and English) and favors Chanel, as well as Marchesa, Jason Wu and YSL.
With Charity Ball in mind, I've compiled a few rules that I think if followed, can help us all be a bit more like Diane when we step out at Tavern on the Green.
Know What Works for You: Kruger knows what shapes and styles work best for her and works them to her advantage. She was quoted as saying that only someone who is a size 0 should bare her midriff - and that she's definitely not a 0 and wouldn't dare. Structured mini dresses show off her best asset - her long legs, and make her look far tinier than she is. When in a long gown - it's often strapless or backless to make the most of her ballerina posture. To apply this rule to yourself - find a photo where you think you look the best you've ever looked. Figure out the elements in that outfit that made you look and feel amazing, and seek out those styles and details.
If you follow WhoWhatWear or Style.com's Top 5 of the day - you'll see a lesser-known variety of actresses and models deserving of some serious style props. My personal favorite under-the-radar starlet is Diane Kruger. I envy and adore everything I've ever seen her wear, including boyfriend Joshua Jackson (Pacey from Dawson's Creek) on her arm. Kruger's career was launched when she was picked to star as the face that launched a thousand ships, in Troy - so it goes without saying that she is stunning. The former ballerina turned model turned actress, is never one to play it safe, but she always looks incredibly cool, chic and effortless and very rarely, if ever, gets it wrong. Kruger is tri-lingual (German, French and English) and favors Chanel, as well as Marchesa, Jason Wu and YSL.
With Charity Ball in mind, I've compiled a few rules that I think if followed, can help us all be a bit more like Diane when we step out at Tavern on the Green.
Know What Works for You: Kruger knows what shapes and styles work best for her and works them to her advantage. She was quoted as saying that only someone who is a size 0 should bare her midriff - and that she's definitely not a 0 and wouldn't dare. Structured mini dresses show off her best asset - her long legs, and make her look far tinier than she is. When in a long gown - it's often strapless or backless to make the most of her ballerina posture. To apply this rule to yourself - find a photo where you think you look the best you've ever looked. Figure out the elements in that outfit that made you look and feel amazing, and seek out those styles and details.
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