There couldn’t be a fashion icon list with out my Gwen. I’m a child of the 90’s and spent most of my first year of high school singing No Doubt songs and willing my curly brown hair to miracously transform itself into the covetable poker straight platinum do of Gwen. I loved her when I was twelve. What’s not to love? Lipstick? Check. Blonde hair? Check. Killer bod? Check. Bad arse girl power attitude? Check. Put your hands up if you ever spent hours twisting your hair into tiny little buns like she did? And who owned baggy army pants and a tiny singlet top in 1998? Hell yeah!
But our gorgeous Gwen has come a long way since her glam-rock days. She is an even bigger style icon than she was way back when. And I can see why…
Style tips I’ve learned from the Lady of L.A.M.B…
* Do lipstick and platinum blonde hair. Constantly.
* Don’t be afraid of your height. Stand tall and proud and wear your 10 inch heels and let the world cower underneath your grandness. Nabbing yourself a massive man helps too.
* Speaking of heels, don’t be a pussy. If you’re going to wear them make them impressive. This goes for everything. If you’re going to be blonde be REALLY blonde. If you’re going to cinch your waist REALLY cinch it. Extreme is the name of the game in Stefani Land.
* Let the world inspire you and take inspiration from different cultures. Wear Chinese silks, Indian saris and Japanese geisha obis. Wear them beautifully and with respect… Just like Gwen.
* Be proud to be fit. Gwen works out REALLY hard and you can tell. Eat right, exercise and bask in the glow of your ultra-toned body. And don’t lie that you naturally look that way. Gwen busts her butt daily and makes sure everyone knows about it.
* Dress like a caricature of yourself. If a cartoonist was going to draw you right now what feature would he exaggerate? The bow in your hair? Make it three times bigger! The pink lip gloss you’re wearing? Make it bright red shiny lipstick with glitter! Imagine that you’re going to spend all day on a theatre stage and that the people you meet are your audience. Make your outift spectacularly brilliant so the people in the back rows don’t miss out.
* Be a lady. Don’t get drunk, get pregnant to a stranger, show your knickers, go to rehab and shag every celebrity that comes within a metre of you. Have lovely, civilised, monogamous relationships. Don’t whinge and whine about how hard your life is. Deal with your crap, be good to yourself and do it all with a killer smile.
Number three is on it’s way…
Who will it be…?
Love Lady Smaggle
xxx