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Edited by on June 23 2008 at 2:03 PM

Welcome to a new feature here on Fashion Indie, Fashion Icons. Our first Indie approved icon is Rinko Kikuchi

Fashion Icons: 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. 

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more about her style and photos under the cut

Style: Masculine/Feminine with a heavy dose of eccentricity

Fashion Icons: Rinko Kikuchi

 Why she’s awesome: She has style without a stylist saying so

Fashion Icons: Rinko Kikuchi 

 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.”

Fashion Icons: Rinko Kikuchi

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.  

Fashion Icons: Rinko Kikuchi

Catch Rinko this Fall as Bang Bang in The Brother’s Bloom

Fashion Icons: Rinko Kikuchi

Fashion Icons: Rinko Kikuchi

 

 

 

 

 

Story by Lauren Garroni

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