Style Icon : Rosie Huntington-Whiteley :: TIG

SHE MAKES IT SEEM SO EFFORTLESS. It’s almost as if putting together a perfect ensemble is something that takes barely five minutes in the morning, and having a ‘je ne sais quoi’ and impossibly chic sensibility in everything she wears is simply innate. For Rosie, in fact, the above statements hold true—every outing, whether a lunch date, a shopping trip or a movie premiere, is matched with an impeccable outfit.
Her secret is investing in timeless and high-quality basics, and combining them with accessories of all kinds – from embellished blazers and Maison Michel hats, to golden bangles and high heeled leather boots. While her outfits may seem simple at a first glance, it is when one attempts to emulate them that the importance of accessories and the smallest details becomes evident, for it marks the difference between a plain ensemble, and a chic, yet elevated one. Rosie has become a style icon for all kinds of women—university students who neither want to, nor have the time to think too much about an outfit every morning, and who simply mix and match versatile separates with accessories; gym-goers who know that all-black Nike gear must be matched with a leather tote and sunglasses; working women, whom Rosie taught that a tousled blowout and a double-breasted piqué blazer can make all the difference; and lastly, the ones who need a day-to-night ensemble to seamlessly fit a day of meetings and errands with dinners and parties, for whom leather pants, stilettos and a blazer are the to-go pieces. —Victoria