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Welcome to a new feature here on Fashion Indie, Fashion Icons. Our first Indie approved icon is Rinko Kikuchi.
She has a versatile face that can be avante-garde with an asymmetric do or soft and ethereal with blond hair. She is fearless in her pursuit of fashion, which makes her playful with all her looks. And she doesn’t take fashion seriously, which is the way it’s supposed to be.
more about her style and photos under the cut
Style: Masculine/Feminine with a heavy dose of eccentricity
Why she’s awesome: She has style without a stylist saying so
On her own style: “I don’t like dressing in a very obvious Asian style. Zhang Ziyi can do that. When she wears a Chinese dress, it really suits her and she looks very cute. There’s no competing with her in that domain. Besides, everybody has their own tastes. I wanted to dress according to my own sense.”
That attitude towards style has made her a favorite with Kaiser Karl, he made her the face of Chanel’s Cruise Collection for Spring 2008.
Catch Rinko this Fall as Bang Bang in The Brother’s Bloom
There once was a girl from California who bitch slapped Anna Wintour and then called Andre Leon Tally a fatty. That girl wasn't me but god was she fucking cool.Love: foreign fashion magazines, newstands, charlotte rampling, silent moviesHate: Lilo, ScarJo, The Zoe, trends, but chiefly hipsters-fuck hipsters