Fashion
5 STYLE LESSONS YOU CAN LEARN FROM
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The first time I saw Kendall Jenner ‘in the wild’, she was dressed in nothing more than a bathrobe. This wasn't because I had ended up at some out-of-control pool party, it was ‘just’ backstage at Michael Kors.
Because of her understated outfit, I had walked past her three times before I stuttered the words ‘wow, it's Kendall’ to our cameraman. By the way, I couldn't rely on him, because if anyone is exceptionally incompetent in the field of fashion heritage, it's him. Proof? Click here just for his delightful lack of fashion knowledge. But he is of course the nicest, best, and most handsome cameraman. That much is true.
Anyway. Kendall. Last Thursday I saw her again. This time in Cannes where she was because she is the face of Magnum ice creams (read here just how that was) and where I saw her at arm's length in two typical Kendall outfits, which immediately made her apply for space in this column. Because yes, you can learn quite a bit from Kendall in terms of outfits.
1. Show some skin, chapter 1: the shoulder
Her perfectly tanned Californian skin calls for designers who love to skimp on a piece of fabric. Long before the off-shoulder trend became a fact, Kendall was already showing them.
2. Show some skin, chapter 2: the back décolletage
Not that the skin flashing stops at the shoulder. Whenever possible, Kendall lets her back breathe some fresh air too.
3. Show some skin, chapter 3: the slit
When you say Kendall, you say long, rich skirts. But it would truly be a sin if she were to hide her God-given legs from the Hollywood street scene. Enter, the slit. Naturally up to the hip bone. Subtlety is a word that does not exist in the Jenner family's vocabulary.
4. Streetstyle
When you see her in her free time, Kendall is the all-American girl. In jeans, trainers, and a cap. Comfy is the word.
5. Hair in a ponytail
Kendall's secret for a bad hair day is tight against the head. A parting as sharp as if it were drawn with a Laguiole knife and then combed tight, tight, tight against the head downwards. Ponytail at the bottom of your head and no one sees that you probably shouldn't have gone underwater yesterday. Here we are again at that pool party...
