For years, Katie Holmes has been hailed as a global style icon. While many stars have embraced high-fashion looks that are out of our reach, Holmes has a more accessible approach to style. Their clothing line is notable for its ease and wearability: another simple ensemble of these sorts might include a good pair to denim jeans with ballet flats, everywoman classics casually asserting their influence on the fashion landscape as she did in her collab years back with APC (DENIM!
Strangely, Watson has rarely appeared in retro attire — she leans towards a slew of modern names like Toteme, Khaite and Nanushka. Which is rather surprising, considering the deity-like status of her style decisions. But a slow disbanding of that trend appears to be under way. The actress turned New York City into her very own runway when she stepped out at the Blink Twice after-party this week in head-to-toe pin-check from Jean Paul Gaultier’s spring-summer 1995 line. The line is somewhat iconic, having first appeared in Paris with Madonna carrying a dog inside an antique pram.
Jones Holmes accessorized the archival oldie with two of her go to pieces, including Khaite’s Amelia carryall in tan and a pair Miu Mik spring-summer 2016 buckled ballet flats. Though they’re a wee bit too young to be considered retro, these patent slippers are already among Holmes’s favorites, having enjoyed at least three other public outlets. They include an American Ballet Theatre performance of Like Water for Chocolate, the June 2023 edition of the Theatre World Awards and Alan Cumming’s New York cabaret show in March 2024. It reads: wearing vintage is our best form of sustainability, followed by simply re-wearing what you already own.
The way Holmes has embraced fashion since is her own kind of statement, and developing a taste for vintage pieces like this new skirt adds another layer to the story she uses clothing itself to tell. As she continues to merge the past with her current wardrobe, Holmes lives on as a signifier of discerning yet.
