Here are some versatile basics
of the gamine style that I love.
Not exact matches
Division Winemaking Company (DWC) includes the Division Winemaking Company label, the more approachable Division - Villages label and as well as
Gamine inspired by the Rhone Valley and a personal expression
of co-founder Kate Norris» love
of the region.
«They're aggressively cropped in the perfect French
gamine sort
of way.»
Naturally, most
of us are neither Hepburn «
gamine» or, at the other end
of the spectrum, Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe or for that matter, Christina Hendrick (Joan Harris).
Kim France & Andrea Linett describe this style as simple and timeless: «
Gamine is an intercontinental mix
of clean American lines and French insouciance.
Filmed in 1961 it displays the styles prevalent proper to the more simplistic
gamine look
of the later decade.
My personal style is a combination
of «classic» and «
gamine», so my basics are neutral.
Instead
of my typical modus operandi
of buying 3 scoop neck t - shirts in different colors, I intentionally looked for tops that were either iconic «
gamine» looks or had a distinguishing «chic» detail or feel to it.
I find a lot
of people who are this archetype try to resist it, because
of it's quirkiness, or they feel like you need to be really short and waifish when that is more soft
gamine.
Audrey Tautou's
gamine charms fail to lift Therese Desqueyroux, a handsome but dreary adaptation
of Francois Mauriac's stifling novel
of Catholic guilt.
Bernard Buffet, for instance, has long been held up as the lowest common denominator in French painting, but, as the current exhibition «Cher Peintre: Painting the Figure since Late Picabia» reveals, a lineup
of Buffet's anguished stick figures and sloe - eyed
gamines can look quite marvelous in the company
of Elizabeth Peyton and John Currin.
Camilla de'Errico's «Masquerade» is a distinctively exciting body
of work featuring the artist's quintessentially expressive, anime inspired
gamines playfully hiding behind a series
of animal a
Celine pre-fall 2013 is a combination
of beautiful lines and and an interesting play on proportions, luxe fabrics and a
gamine look that is sober but playful.
Pigs are not renowned for their personal grooming, but this one is perfect: immaculate, pedicured, sleek,
gamine, not an whisker out
of place.