Taste Makers

For our seminar this week we were asked to come up with 4 individuals, from 197o to the present day, whom we felt have had or are having an impact on our taste and understanding of style. This is who I picked:

Alexa Chung

Olivia Palermo

Although these two girls are very different, one a typical British girl, the other a popular New York socialite, the reason I picked them as taste makers is for similar reasons. During the recent London Fashion Week these two girls were all that was talked about on Twitter and in the press. Everybody wanted to know which shows they were at, what they were wearing and who they were with. If the public cared this much then they must be having some sort of influence. Also with Alexa now a contributing writer to British Vogue with the articles ‘Alexa and ...’ is will be interesting to see if she can become any more influential that she already is. Whether you like them or not, these two are everywhere at the moment and are set to stay for a long time.

Georgia Jagger

Set to be the next big thing, Miss Jagger in having a lot of success currently. Although she may not be a taste maker yet, with the amount of campaigns she is currently in, it won’t be long until she is. I first came across her when she featured in the Rimmel advert and honestly my first thought was ‘god she’s annoying’ when she said that famous line “get the London look”. However since her massive, red, glossy lips have disappeared from my TV screen I am becoming more obsessed with her every time I see her. She has since appeared in more editorial campaigns in Vogue and is now the face of Hudson jeans and is soon set to collaborate with them to design her own range of jeans. I love the unusual look about her and how she doesn’t look like every other model, but instead has big lips and gappy teeth, like a younger Lara Stone. It will be interesting to see where she is in a years’ time.

(Georgia Jagger in a photoshoot for Vogue)

Katie Grand

Although she’s been round for a while now Katie has been described as ‘one of the most powerful stylists in the world’, therefore making her one of my 4 taste makers. She began her career styling at Dazed and Confused in the 90s, then moving to The Face, and then editor-in-chief at Pop. She is now the editor of LOVE magazine, probably one of the most influential fashion magazines of the moment. One of her latest works has been styling the Topshop Unique show in London Fashion Week. As Topshop is one of the most influential shops on the high street, whatever is seen here is most likely to influence what is seen in other stores. So if Katie Grand is deciding what goes down the Topshop runway this will in turn decide what else is seen on the high street, therefore making her one of my top taste makers of current times.

Enjoy xx