While sometimes ripped apart by critics, Chloe Sevigny has been influencing the style of the hip, downtown fashionistas for quite some time. Before she was known for her acting, in 1992 at age 17 she was just a style intern at Jane Pratt’s magazine Sassy- taking the train from Connecticut to NYC and hanging out with the skater kids in the LES. Even back then she was getting recognized for her Indie style, her boss at the magazine lauded her as an “it” girl and put a spread in Sassy with the caption Our intern Chloe has more style in her little finger…

Today Chloe is a muse of Ben Cho, Academy Award nominated actress, face of the Chloe by Chloe fragrance, star of the hit HBO show Big Love, Elle UK Fashion Advisor and has her own collection- a collaboration with the oh so great boutique Opening Ceremony (whose own clothing label is available on PriceGrabber, woohoo!). While Chloe may not get it right every time, and sometimes her choices seem a bit off the wall- she must be admired for actually pushing the boundaries of style and doing her own thing. Unlike many of the other fashion icons out there, she doesn’t employ a stylist and takes risks. She often introduces what is hot next before anyone else recognizes it- such as the white Ray Bans she was blasted for wearing a year before the Olsen twins made them the must-have for every hipster. It’s been a long time since she was hanging with the skater boys but she hasn’t lost her indie spirit.

Chloe would approve of these pieces from Opening Ceremony:

Posted on February 25th, 2008 by zuri