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I am a little bit in love with Whitney Port at the minute.

I remember when I was thirteen or fourteen I got a Bobbi Brown make-up book (to this day it’s my favourite make-up brand) that said every one should have a style icon they can relate to in some sense.  I think it came up in the context of Bobbi never having anyone she could really relate to growing up – she was surrounded by pictures of blonde, pale skined, blue-eyed models while she had strong features, brown eyes, dark hair and dark, tanned skin.

Anyhoo it’s a really good point if you think about it.

It’s nice to pick a style icon that you can relate to in some ways, of course I don’t mean find someone who’s a carbon copy of you – that could be hard (or impossible for non-professional lookalikes!) but even try find someone like you in terms of style, weight, face shape etc.

I love Katy Perry but I look nothing (and I mean nothing!) like her. She has amazing curves (I have none), pale skin (I’m sallow to the point of yellow!). I think she is so fab tho’ that I decided a while back I would dye my hair like her… disaster. I looked washed out and dead, and thank God I didn’t go for the fringe too.

I felt kinda bad after it tho’ – how come she looked so nice with dark hair and I looked completely shit??

Bobbi’s point was that if we can find a beauty/style icon we can relate to it can make us feel better about ourselves – we’re not comparing ourselves to something completely unobtainable, i.e. if you’re a pale skin, red-haired Irish girl someone like the fabulous Karen Gillen.

Whitney has a long face shape more like mine, brown eyes, middle parting/long hair (same ish colour and style), similar colourings in terms of skin tone etc. When I went to the hairdressers to get a Whitney-esque colour it came out nice and I didn’t look dead a la Katy Perry. Phew. We’re about the same ish build – she’s obvo waaaay taller.

(On a side note – why is it that it seems quite hard to say ‘I’m not fat’ or  ‘I’m slim’… Is it just me? Maybe it’s an Irish thing but I hate saying anything about my size. It almost seems if anyone says ‘oh you’re so skinny’ the proper answer is ‘go awaaay out of that I am not, look how big my *insert random body part* is).

Now obviously I don’t look like Whitney (*dreams*) but I think it is quite nice to have a style icon who you can at least feel like you can try emulate in some shape or form. We all have our own style and quirks but it’s nice to look to others for  inspiration. I personally love Whitney’s laid back style – I am a big blazer fan, esp. boyfriend blazers which Whitney wears a lot. She actually has a fab one HERE from her own line… tho’ a bit on the pricey side!

Of course it’s great to have a variety of style icons but it is nice to have at least one whose photos don’t make you feel crappy about yourself (ahem Katy Perry and her fab curves!)…

What do you guys think?

K

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