The French phase “je ne sais quoi” directly translates to “I don’t know what”. Often used to describe an elusive quality, or a cool-girl essence, what it is exactly is hard to pin-down, but we know it when we see it.
Katie Holmes’s weekend styling is it. At the 2023 US Open Tennis Championships in New York, Katie attended the event in a cool-girl uniform: a chic vest top, blue jeans and black ballet flats. The simple but effective look was elevated by a clever styling trick.
Throwing a knit polo jumper over her shoulders, Katie embodied the “je ne sais quoi” essence whilst maintaining her put-together image. Styling her look with the seasons favourite shoe, the black ballet flat, Holmes mastered French-girl-ease on her outing in New York.
Katie Holmes styles a Miu Miu polo jumper over her shoulders, completing her look with blue mid-rise jeans, black ballet flats, a brown leather bag and sunglasses. Rifting off her decidedly French look, the actor styled her hair in loose waves, and kept her makeup to a minimum, spending time on perfecting her glow instead. As Katie Holmes demonstrated, there’s no need to look towards the French capital for a lesson plan in chic-girl styling, simply turn your attention to those that know how to bring the most out of the capsule wardrobe, à la Ms Holmes.
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