Marion Cotillard and Keira Knightley at the BAFTA Awards.Photo: Getty Images
Sounds cryptic, doesn't it? That's because it is. What the Independent doesn't explain is the real key to the embodying the French style sensibility is being French. When it comes to judging outfits, being French gives one a license to wear something avant-garde. For example, Marion Cotillard got some flack for her fish-scale Oscar dress, but no one really dwelled on how much they disliked it because at the end of the night she's the token French girl, she brought her avant-garde style — and sexy accent! — with her, and that's the end of the story. If, say, Cameron Diaz wore Cotillard's Oscar or BAFTA dress, the resounding sentiments would probably be "Crazy Cameron thinks she's a fish tonight!" or "Looks like she's about to fly away to Planet Cameron!" Avant-garde style just doesn't fly in the country that created Pabst Blue Ribbon.
That 'je ne sais quoi': How French actresses trounce everyone in the style stakes [Independent]
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