https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/9-steps-to-style-superstardom-by-a-54-year-old-french-instagram-sensation Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 04:33:02 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/9-steps-to-style-superstardom-by-a-54-year-old-french-instagram-sensation#post-1682124 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 18:57:01 +0000 Vicki 1682124@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You made my day with this post and I adore Sophie's attitude in life and style! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/9-steps-to-style-superstardom-by-a-54-year-old-french-instagram-sensation#post-1682117 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 18:32:07 +0000 Vildy 1682117@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I liked this quote of hers on comfortable dressing so much that I copied it to a notepad file the other day:</p> <p>“The key to all my looks is comfort,” she explains. “But not ‘comfort’ as in <br />I have forgotten my femininity or elegance. If you feel comfortable, it is as if you are naked, and it is sexy! And if you feel sexy then everyone will know you have a good relationship with your clothes and with your body.”</p> <p>This really got through to me. I have a difficult relationship with casual looks when they are too hearty, even though I'm an immensely pragmatic person. I want to feel the blood pulsing through my veins (as it were) and when I put on a pair of chinos, it's like putting on earmuffs. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/9-steps-to-style-superstardom-by-a-54-year-old-french-instagram-sensation#post-1681995 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 16:20:01 +0000 Beth 1681995@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>She's having fun with fashion! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/9-steps-to-style-superstardom-by-a-54-year-old-french-instagram-sensation#post-1681864 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 11:48:10 +0000 Ledonna N. 1681864@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yep loves her and her freedom. YLF started me taking pictures a few years ago. I would shy away from the camera. Now I'm learning how to catch my light. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/9-steps-to-style-superstardom-by-a-54-year-old-french-instagram-sensation#post-1681820 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 08:30:47 +0000 rachylou 1681820@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, I'd love to spot her walking around Paris! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/9-steps-to-style-superstardom-by-a-54-year-old-french-instagram-sensation#post-1681786 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 05:39:51 +0000 Sally 1681786@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think she looks great. I lIked her answers to questions like about sexiness as you get older etc. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/9-steps-to-style-superstardom-by-a-54-year-old-french-instagram-sensation#post-1681723 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 02:20:17 +0000 Jaime 1681723@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I saw this one too - wonderful inspiration! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/9-steps-to-style-superstardom-by-a-54-year-old-french-instagram-sensation#post-1681606 Sun, 19 Jun 2016 22:12:28 +0000 Lyn D. 1681606@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have been thinking alot on JPW since Caro's post, and taking selfies might just be another good way to assess the Joy Per Wear too.<br />I enjoyed reading the links, thanks UmmLila! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/9-steps-to-style-superstardom-by-a-54-year-old-french-instagram-sensation#post-1681602 Sun, 19 Jun 2016 21:58:30 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 1681602@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That is exactly why I posted this link, Suz. I thought the line "I started to take pictures of myself…and … I was able to look at myself the first time in my life with gentleness" really says it for a lot of YLFers. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/9-steps-to-style-superstardom-by-a-54-year-old-french-instagram-sensation#post-1681587 Sun, 19 Jun 2016 21:18:59 +0000 Suz 1681587@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's kind of what we do here on YLF, actually. We do it for a smaller, less public audience. But for many of us, it's the taking of photos that leads to the learning and style leaps.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/9-steps-to-style-superstardom-by-a-54-year-old-french-instagram-sensation#post-1681572 Sun, 19 Jun 2016 21:01:17 +0000 Janet 1681572@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great style and spirit! I love that she bucks the usual "Parisian style" rules. </p> <p>I look at women like this and think how fun it would be to dress so boldly and fearlessly, but then I just don't have that kind of...energy or something. If I put on any of those outfits, I would look ridiculous. Well, also probably because I don't have her lovely slim body type, but I guess we all have our own personal style vibe that meshes with our individual personality. Interesting how she had to take selfies to gain that confidence in her style. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/9-steps-to-style-superstardom-by-a-54-year-old-french-instagram-sensation#post-1681563 Sun, 19 Jun 2016 20:48:30 +0000 Tanya 1681563@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very cool lady, love her style and attitude.&nbsp; Thank you for sharing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/9-steps-to-style-superstardom-by-a-54-year-old-french-instagram-sensation#post-1681538 Sun, 19 Jun 2016 20:02:06 +0000 Suz 1681538@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>She looks as if she is having a lot of fun. I like the black and white prints with her hair.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/9-steps-to-style-superstardom-by-a-54-year-old-french-instagram-sensation#post-1681534 Sun, 19 Jun 2016 19:49:17 +0000 Marilyn 1681534@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for sharing this.&nbsp; I love her!&nbsp; Sassy and doing her own thing.&nbsp; She has a great attitude. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/9-steps-to-style-superstardom-by-a-54-year-old-french-instagram-sensation#post-1681532 Sun, 19 Jun 2016 19:46:21 +0000 approprio 1681532@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Clearly a woman after my own heart. Nice tip, thanks for sharing! One to watch. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/9-steps-to-style-superstardom-by-a-54-year-old-french-instagram-sensation#post-1681530 Sun, 19 Jun 2016 19:37:38 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 1681530@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>&lt;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.vogue.com/13446528/sophie-fontanel-instagram-personal-style/?mbid=social_facebook">http://www.vogue.com/13446528/.....l_facebook</a>&gt;</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/sophiefontanel/">https://www.instagram.com/sophiefontanel/</a></p> <p>Some good gems here:</p> <p>“I used to be a very humble with my physical qualities,” says Fontanel. “I thought I was horrible in pictures. I thought that I was un-photographable. I thought I was ugly because when someone was coming to take a pic[ture], I was afraid and I was upset, so the pic[ture] was awful. When I had my first iPhone, I started to take pictures of myself, and I started to discover that actually I was not so ugly, and that I was able to look at myself the first time in my life with gentleness.</p> <p>“In France, we have style but the problem is that this style could be so boring. This is the same for every woman: In the upper class in Paris, you have a slim jean, you have ballerinas [flats], you have a simple tee shirt, you have a gray coat, and then your hair is with no artifacts [accessories]. This is a typical French woman. For me, it’s very, very boring, so I try everything. I try everything just to see if it is okay. I am 54, so everyone is like, ‘Okay, you have to wear this type of clothes. Very boring, just a gray sweater and large pants,’ which I like to wear. But today, I have painter pants, very dirty ones. They are white but with paint on it. I bought them in Brooklyn. I have big, big yellow wool socks. I have very big shoes. It’s freezing here in Paris, and I have a big man’s shirt with very, very big sleeves, like double [the length of] my arms, with a tiny vest and jacket. While I was walking in the street for coffee, two people came to me to say, ‘May I take a pic[ture] because I love your look.’ Maybe we need more people inventing themselves. I’m not ashamed at all to try things.” </p>