I ♥ Your Style: Laura Stoloff

Isn't Laura the chicest? I feel like a proud mom. Laura came to work for me right out of college when she was just a wide-eyed, pink-cheeked blondie. When I first saw her, I prayed she'd be smart and on top of things because, frankly I liked her outfit so much. She stepped off the elevator that day wearing a black leather, double breasted Phillip Lim jacket with a feminine ruffle at the bottom and pearl earrings. I loved the mix of hard and soft, boyish and girly. She was kind, polite and enthusiastic. Turns out she was brainy too, and I hired her the next day. Laura stayed with me all through publishing I Love Your Style, running Amanda Brooks Inc, becoming Fashion Director at WME and then at Barneys, until I eventually crossed the sea to live in England. She is now the Assistant Fashion Director at Barneys and I couldn't be more proud of both her accomplishments and her evolving style.

photo: @lauragolucky on Instagram 

Laura on the farm when she came to visit me last summer. photo: @lauragolucky on Instagram 

photo: @lauragolucky on Instagram 

photo: Garance Doré

photo: @lauragolucky on Instagram 

photo: Refinery 29

photo: @lauragolucky on Instagram

Laura's outfit, dissected. photo: Barneys.com/thewindow

photo: @lauragolucky on Instagram 

photo: @lauragolucky on Instagram 

photo: @lauragolucky on Instagram 

photo: @lauragolucky on Instagram 

I love Laura's long skirt. photo: barneys.com/thewindow

photo: @lauragolucky on Instagram 

I ♥ Your Style: Hope Atherton

With 6 days to go until we move to England, I have been consumed by packing. But going through ten years of, well, stuff, in my apartment has produced some long forgotten treasures like these pictures of artist Hope Atherton and her loft that were taken for I Love Your Style many years ago now. The portrait of Hope made it into the book, but I'm looking at the photos of her favorite clothes hung out for me to see on my visit, and I can't believe I didn't find a way to fit in. I especially love the piece of worn green leather that she credits with "inspiring her whole style." Oh well, such is publishing - editing, editing, editing. Anyway, I love the completeness and originality of her boho-meets-goth-meets-Miss Havisham style and how it manifests itself in every nook and cranny of her life and her art. She's the real deal.

I ♥ Your Style: Leelee Sobieski

Leelee Sobieski caught my attention for the second time (the first time being in Eyes Wide Shut) when she sat across from me at a benefit about a year and half ago. She had cut her signature long hair very short, and it was gelled up and sculpted back off her face a la Princess Diana. Sounds kinda scary, right? But actually no. She looked incredible. She did actually look very much like Princess Diana, but in a more modern, sophisticated way. I haven't seen her in person since, but I notice from photos that she's let her hair grow out to a bob and she's refined her style in a minimal/classic way that is very American, very Lauren Hutton. And there is not greater compliment I can give than compare someone to Lauren Hutton. I hope she settles into this style and keeps it simple.