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I’d be fibbing through my teeth if I said I didn’t spend approximately 86% of my online life stalking the likes of Louise Foillan and Emma Rowan Rose.
There’s a reason these women command so much of our collective attention, and perhaps why including ‘French Girl’ in any story title is like stumbling upon a little pot of SEO gold.
The formula French ‘It’-girls subscribe to when getting dressed is unwaveringly simple— brogues and vintage jeans here, frilly wrap tops and basket bags there—which begets the question: how do they manage to make it all look so damn good?
Enough think pieces on the subject have been spawned to last us a lifetime (guilty as charged), and lest we forget there’s 4,415 cities outside of Paris that are filled with stylish inhabitants. Since we’ve all got places to be/people to see, we whittled that list down to a tidy 5 cities.
Now, kick back with a beverage of your choosing, and allow them to inspire today’s outfit.
COPENHAGEN
Danish girls really have that whole ‘I didn’t choose my outfit, my outfit chose me’ thing on lock, don’t they? Effortless, cool and chic, we would not hate crawling into the wardrobe of every single girl below, where we’d take happily up residency for the rest of our days. Sophia Roe (@sophiaroe)
Frederikke Sofie (@frederikkesofie)
Pernille Teisbaek (@pernilleteisbaek)
Emili Sindlev (@emilisindlev)
Trine Kjær (@trineswardrobe)
Veneda Budny (@venedaanastasia)
Barbara Potts (@barbarapotts)
SYDNEY
Call me the captain of this partisanship, but us Australian’s know how to throw together a look. We’re a fairly casual bunch, but when there’s an occasion (be it popping to Bondi Beach or flocking to MBFWA every year) we rise to it in our Sunday bests! Don’t believe me? See for yourself below! Chloe Hill (@chloechill)
Amber Prado (@bbgorlambs)
Monica Russell (@monicarussell_)
Ellen Virgona (@ellvirg)
Lillian Ahenkan (@flex.mami)
Amelia Dibbs (@amelia.dibbs)
Chesca Athas (@chescaathas)
LONDON
London’s dreary weather doesn’t prohibit its most fab women from cooking up traffic-stopping outfits on the regular, with all the evidence you need of that contained within the Instagram accounts below: Pandora Sykes (@pandorasykes)
Bee Beardsworth (@beebeardsworth)
Sarah Harris (@sarahharris)
Ariane Hughes (@arianehughes)
Ruby Jean Wilson (@rubyjean_wilson)
Irina Lakicevic (@irinalakicevic)
LOS ANGELES
Los Angeles is home to some of the most creative yet understated looks that we have the pleasure of lurking on a daily basis. Now, you can do the same! Glori Reantaso (@glorireantaso)
Eliana Rodriguez (@elianagilrodriguez)
Kate Parfet (@kateparfet)
Andy (@andyishh)
Clare (@inouicg)
Dana Boulos (@danaboulos)
STOCKHOLM
Stockholm’s inhabitants really test my self control when it comes to not setting my wardrobe on fire and starting afresh, every single day. Now I am passing the curse (/blessing) over to you! Enjoy! Rebeka Breymas (@beccabreymas)
Olivia Bergman (@oliviabergman)
Patricia DeVall (@badrizia)
Elinor Nystedt (@elinornystedt)
Words, @madw0n Lead Image, @ciao__lucia
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