Charlotte Rampling’s Elegant, Androgynous Style, Or the Reason God Created Women in Pants — vogue.com

“Fashion is not trivial . . . fashion is about us—how we look and present ourselves . . . You can dress up to be quite glorious creatures—it’s all a very important part of life,” the incredibly glorious creature Charlotte Rampling once stated. Rampling, who is celebrating her birthday today, certainly has a hold on a generation of young designers—if you had a euro for every vintage snap of her gracing an inspiration board, you could buy a year’s worth of Gauloises. For not only has Rampling made Le Smoking her iconic ensemble, she is also seen airily waving a cigarette in many of her early photographs. Inhaling or not (and we hope you quit, CR!), she is a model of elegant erotic androgyny—the reason God created women in pants.

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