Just when you think you've seen all of Chloë Sevigny's finest fashion moments, you stumble across a deep-sunken outfit oddity of rarefied Tumblr value. Perhaps Sevigny sporting a shaved head in a Fila tracksuit or legs akimbo in some denim hot-pants on a scruffy old sofa or scantily clad in thrift-store T-shirts with little else but red lippie on. One little look at these sartorial gems and you're dragged right back to all those feelings you felt, when like us, you realised for the first time, that Chloë Sevigny might be the coolest woman on planet earth.
And breathe. Which particular Chloë era you prefer says a lot about you. Maybe you screenshot snaps of her in Larry Clarks' Kids. Maybe you're more a Jarvis Cocker-epoch kind of a gal. Or, you might just be down for her skater-girl '90s period.
Whatever your preference, we'd like to attest that 2000-2010 was the most marvellous of decades for Chloë's wardrobe. It marks the most hallowed of her bad-taste-is-good-taste years. It's a decade laden with ribbons-for hair-ties, mini-everything, band T-shirts, vintage velvet, chokers and top-knots. It's a bottomless well of sartorial schooling, heavy with the maxim "money cannot buy your style".
Before the Kardashians, there was Chloë.
Here in no particular order, is fashion's first lady's best looks for the noughties...
The Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2008
We'd have severed a limb for a sparkly bandeau dress like this back in the day. The ribbon choker and kholed eyes mean she manages to look punk even on the red carpet.
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Shattered Glass Film Prem 2003
Wearing red lipstick like it ain't no thing. Monochrome and a dash of red lipstick never looked so fresh.
Photo: REX.
Zodiac Film Cannes 2007
There's a reason Chloë's legs are famous. Exhibit A. Again with the ruffles and the monochrome. We see a trend forming.
Photo: REX.
Seabiscuit Film Prem 2003
We're quite sure Chloë singlehandedly brought the bleached brow from the fashion mags to the mainstream – over 10 years ago. Here doing so with aplomb in a strappy white dress.
Photo: REX.
Golden Globes 2000
Monochrome, anyone? We love her flapper hair and chandelier earrings. She somehow does mother-of-the-bride, well... Know what we mean?
Photo: REX.
Women in Hollywood Luncheon 2002
Stop the press. This look is so now it aches. The double breasted blazer and those mules, with scraped back hair. This is how to own a blazer.
Photo: REX.
2004
Half Glasto, a little pinch of Heidi and then the white Wayfarer style sunglasses, worn over her hair. Mad, but genius.
Photo: REX.
Academy Awards 2000
Again, wearing scarlet lipstick like it's Vaseline with hot-rollered hair and a plunging neckline. Digging the chunky metal additions, too.
Photo: REX.
2002
She loves a flapper dress does our Chlo. Take tips and pair a fringed dress with Mary-Janes for '90s cool.
Photo: REX.
Charity Polo party 2009
The scalloped short-suit deserves a Twitter account alone – but, legs, legs, legs.
Photo: REX.
2009
No one nails a shorts and shirt combo like Chloë. Just pair with heels and shades and show everyone in an LBD up.
Photo: REX.
2005
Classic Chloë here. Masculine tailoring meets Renaissance ruffles and undone beauty.
Photo: REX.
2001
The off-the-shoulder ruffles could be fresh from the SS16 catwalks. Again–monochrome, people, monochrome.
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