Why Jeanne Moreau is Our Parisian Style Muse This Fall  — vogue.com

All too often, an icon, though grand, can seem reducible to a signature famous look. Marilyn’s got that white halter dress; Audrey has her black skinny capris and flats. And Bardot? Balconettes and Bump-its. But when it comes to the New Wave–era actress/singer/screenwriter/director Jeanne Moreau, there’s no sole style signature, no trademark “look.” There’s Breton stripes and culottes; full-on Euro-hobo New Wave menswear; Cruella de Vil–worthy boas and fur, housewife-chic floral sheaths, and bombshell black eveningwear with cat eyes. There is, essentially, everything that we want to be wearing this fall, and much of it reflected on the recent runways. It’s a casual, collared elegance, one that we’re looking to channel in chunky knit turtlenecks like at Marc Jacobs, stretches of thin knits over knee-length skirts—a perfect transitional look if there ever was one—as seen at Wes Gordon or J.W.Anderson, and in funky, colorful furs à la Marni, or for a va-va-voom flavor, as at Alexander McQueen.

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