If you watched Sunday night's Golden Globes, the winner for Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama probably caught your attention. Isabelle Huppert won the award for her performance in the French film Elle, and her incredibly chic midriff-baring top and skirt along with an ear full of edgy Repossi ear cuffs have landed the actress on a number of best dressed lists and left the internet buzzing.
As it turns out, the 63-year-old Parisian has starred in well over 100 films since her debut in the early 1970s, and she's been a French fashion darling for quite some time, regularly appearing on the front rows of Dior and Chanel (recently seated right next to Pharrell). Given that the actress has no fewer than six films set to debut in 2017 and an Academy Award nomination is likely in the cards, it doesn't look like this will be the last we Americans hear of her.
Huppert's sophisticated style is made up of classic pieces like well-tailored pantsuits, long-sleeve gowns, and blazers paired with slim flared jeans, worn with the effortlessness that French women seem to naturally possess.
Keep scrolling to see why Isabelle Huppert has the potential to be a French style icon for every age group.
WHAT: 74th annual Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles
WHAT: AFI tribute to Isabelle Huppert and the gala screening of Elle in Los Angeles
WHAT: F/W 16 Chanel show in Paris
WHAT: 26th annual Gotham Independent Film Awards in New York
WHAT: 2016 Marrakech International Film Festival
WHAT: 69th annual Cannes Film Festival
Related: This 54-Year-Old French Woman Has the Most Stylish Instagram
WHAT: French Consulate lunch to celebrate Golden Globe Award winners and nominees in Los Angeles
WHAT: Kering and Cannes Film Festival official dinner
Next up, check out another French woman we love.
-
Is Being French Still a Style?A reflection on myth, inheritance, and what remains of it in 2025.
-
6 Clothing Styles I've Never Understood and 6 I Would Reach for InsteadNo pants, rain ponchos, sheer tights: a semi-ironic wardrobe autopsy.
-
7 Affordable Winter Pieces to Build a French Look in a Few ClicksHow to dress à la Française.
-
If a French Woman Shopped the Nordstrom Black Friday Sale, These Are the 37 Items She'd Immediately Add to Her CartEffortlessly chic.
-
I Showed My Closet to a Therapist—Spoiler: She Wanted to Talk About the Leopard-Print CoatMy wardrobe, analyzed.
-
This Chic Outfit Is Perfect for Paris, But I'm Going to Wear It in the Midwest and NYCThis simple outfit will make you look stylish anywhere.
-
Fashion and Mental Load: How I Declutter My Closet and My HeadAn honest look at what getting dressed really demands when you’re a woman.
-
The Elegant Basic French Women Wear More Than Tees *and* Button-Down ShirtsThis Parisian staple is redefining fall elegance.
