Hot on Sam Cam’s heels is Taylor Swift, with ballerina Misty Copeland, Amal Clooney and Rihanna ranking nos. 3, 5 and 6 respectively. There’s another surprise entry at no. 4: Sophie, Countess of Wessex. Further proof that conservative — with a small or capital “c” — style is here to stay?
Vanity Fair Best Dressed list 2015
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Kate Middleton was named Vanity Fair's Best Dressed in 2012, so we know the mag has a thing for elegant, reserved, upper-class British style. Sam Cam certainly has a covetable wardrobe (with Phillip Lim, Alexander McQueen, Erdem and Roksanda Ilincic nestling next to the Prime Minister’s suits — we imagine). Her look is classic but colourful, and she loves a print. Her style isn't everyone's cup of tea, but then nor is Rihanna’s.
“Of all the best-dressed lists, Vanity Fair’s is the most reliably deranged,” wrote Hadley Freeman in the Guardian this week. She may have a point. But aren't all Best Dressed lists completely arbitrary? Who decides that Taylor Swift dresses better than Emma Watson or Sienna Miller? It's all just a bit of fun, and we're sure Samantha Cameron is completely flattered — and just as surprised as everybody else.
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