Beyonce mentioned in "The Style Mentors" Book
In her new book, “The Style Mentors,” which hits stores next Tuesday, fashion historian Elyssa Dimant surveys the world of celebrity style and breaks it down into eight signature looks.
“There are timeless fashion looks that represent themselves over and over again, and in effect, if we look at fashion that way, it takes a little bit of the trend-guessing and the mystery out of it,” says Dimant, who began her career as a curatorial research associate at the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
And her glossy new book has plenty of practical advice. Here, Dimant discusses these inspiring idols — and how to achieve their looks.
1 The Siren
The Siren is the “sultry sex symbol” — “curvy, voluptuous women not afraid to show off their shape,” explains Dimant.
Think the sexual display of Marilyn Monroe and her modern-day style heir, Beyoncé.
“Beyoncé has very much inherited Marilyn’s role as all-American seductive starlet,” says Dimant. “Everything she puts on ‘I am woman, here are my curves.’ ”
Actress Angelina Jolie, on the other hand, “embodies the black widow of this category: a real dark seductress.”
A Siren’s must-haves: a sexy black dress, cleavage-enhancing undergarments, red lipstick
“There are timeless fashion looks that represent themselves over and over again, and in effect, if we look at fashion that way, it takes a little bit of the trend-guessing and the mystery out of it,” says Dimant, who began her career as a curatorial research associate at the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
And her glossy new book has plenty of practical advice. Here, Dimant discusses these inspiring idols — and how to achieve their looks.
1 The Siren
The Siren is the “sultry sex symbol” — “curvy, voluptuous women not afraid to show off their shape,” explains Dimant.
Think the sexual display of Marilyn Monroe and her modern-day style heir, Beyoncé.
“Beyoncé has very much inherited Marilyn’s role as all-American seductive starlet,” says Dimant. “Everything she puts on ‘I am woman, here are my curves.’ ”
Actress Angelina Jolie, on the other hand, “embodies the black widow of this category: a real dark seductress.”
A Siren’s must-haves: a sexy black dress, cleavage-enhancing undergarments, red lipstick
