Inspired By ... Jodie Foster's "Taxi Driver" Wedges

These Karen Elson for Nine West wedges remind me so much of the killer platforms Jodie wears as Iris, the hooker with style in spades, in Taxi Driver. The perfect mix of trendiness and retro-mindedness in design, I am so drawn to these shoes (also available in midnight blue and black here) for their vintage appeal that I have already ordered them! Actually I recommend you check out Karen's entire collection for Nine West while you still can - pieces are going fast and items are already on sale!

Inspired By ... Anita Pallenberg's Plume Hat

  It's no surprise that in the time between when I wrote my previous post on Littledoe and now that I have more crazily obsessed with the line. After posting, I couldn't resist cruising on over to all areas of the site - all the headpieces, hats, crystals, and vintage. Everything is to die for. I couldn't help but notice a particular hat among Chase Cohl's creations, thinking to myself, "hey that looks a lot like a hat Anita Pallenberg wore." Lo and behold when I clicked on the link, the $450 ostrich feather-and-black velvet head-turner was called 'the Anita Hat.'
Tell me that this hat doesn't capture the essence of the style that Anita wore to the Yellow Submarine premiere in the late sixties ... go one, I dare you! The middle pic is of Chase herself in the creation, and the one to the far left is from the lookbook - both look smashing, and aren't too similar to Anita's to change their looks from inspiration to imitation. Though, if you're going to follow someone's look to a T, it might as well be one of the most notoriously fashionable women of the last half century.

Inspired By ... Jane Birkin's Casual Parisian Chic

Can't afford a Birkin bag but still a dying to look like the style icon and renowned Hermès muse? 
Check out this to-die-for ankle-length coat by BB Dakota. With its wide lapels and double row of buttons, this delicious coat is strikingly similar to the one Jane sported on a casual walk with Serge many years ago. 
I love the length of the coat - only a peep of the ankle and a pair of killer shoes will be visible when this is all buttoned up. So much outerwear out there is mid-calf or above, as if designers are afraid to make coats too long. If you wear this jacket, you dare to not bare much skin ... which is a statement all its own these days. To all my Birkin babes out there, this is the piece for you this fall! Button up the coat, pop the collar, slip on your black boots, and grab your wicker basket (and your hot Frenchman!) and stroll the streets in this understated statement-maker! 

The Dedrick Coat by BB Dakota is available at Lulus.com for a stylish $121 (it's also available in camel, if you want to go more of a Ali MacGraw-circa-Love Story route). 

Inspired By ... Jane Birkin in "La Piscine"

I'm loving this Topshop cream-colored crochet swing dress, as it totally reminds me of the crocheted cover-up that Jane Birkin's character Penelope wore in La Piscine. Penelope's white crochet dress, which she wears while sunning herself poolside in a villa in the South of France, is a perfect example of the innocent-sexy style that Jane has become iconic for.