"Vogue Woman"...continued Part II

My posts never finish properly, I'll try fix that. I think it's because I get distracted easily...but I've found a solution to that. I think I have anyway.
To clarify my mind, I have to clarify my head, and connected to my head is hair. Therefore I've hacked off my hair. Aha! logic!

Any who...

I think before I can select who is fit to be, and who is not fit to be the 'Vogue Woman', to find her, What needs to be established is what this woman represents.
It's true that this lends itself to interpretation. However, predominantly I feel that the represents at the bar minimum, innocent and unabashed happiness.Where trends and era become obsolete and classic, timeless style governs any and all choices. Most significantly i feel that she represents a lifestyle.
Women that come to mind are the classic beauties, Audrey Hepburn, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman and Vivien Leigh.

Ingrid Bergman

Audrey Hepburn

Lauren Bacall

Vivien Leigh

There's something about these women, they feel like they have substance. They were considered the starlets of the 1940's, but now the term "starlet" to them would be an understatement. They do not demand attention, they do not need to, they do not even have to ask for it. They are naturally obliged to it. There is something about them that is timeless, that transcends style or beauty and has lasted through the decades to remain as a coffee stained dream of the idyllic treasures of yesteryear.
I understand that during their stardom, these women may not have been as revered as they are now. But they stood the test of time, and possessed that quintessential quality which has allowed them to be regarded as not only icons of their time, but also icons of classic beauty.
This makes me think, who are the beauties of our time? Are they the starlets of our silverscreens? Who are the women that will remain the rose-tinted memories of 2010?

Nicole Kidman

Catherine Zeta Jones

Cate Blanchett

Kate Winslet

Do they require celebrity status? Many would argue that this would leave a very narrow selection of women, that the real woman of fashion is not scattered across headlines and pasted on 50- feet billboards. If so, then maybe I have misinterpreted the starlet status of these women, and perhaps the women who will be remembered as the icons of our decade stand as an inaccurate description of what we have to offer.
But here's the contradiction.
The question is does money equal style? A majority of people would argue no, from fashions perspective high street and high fashion have graced the pages of vogue, for example Anna Wintour's upheaval of the American Vogue aesthetic.

Nadja Auermann by Helmut Newton

However, those that are remembered to be style icons, are celebrities, and those who are celebrities are wealthy.
I know all the images I've posted are of celebrities, and this makes me think about all the women who love fashion and are not on the silver screen. Women who perhaps understand that fine quality of timeless style, where is their recognition? Do they require it? Moreover, do they want it?
Is modesty the new little black dress? Or has it always been?
Or is it that true fashion does not require the grand recognition that the industry puts forth and what it's really about is feeling good.
Perhaps the woman of fashion is a woman, who is tune with fashion, yes, but has something that emulates more than the latest Balmain jacket, she has a strong sense of herself and personal style, which is uniquely hers but at the same time coveted by everyone around her.
She understands the principle of fashion, she but also knows to;
1. Never take fashion or herself seriously
2. Realise that she can be too rich or too thin
3. And know that feeling good equals looking good.

The "vogue woman" does not require celebrity status, she does not want one, she is not there to shock or awe, she does not seek attention or approval, she is not vain, she is not arrogant.
She is content. Content with out stylists or photographs. Content with what shes wearing whether anyones watching or not. Content with herself.

Maybe thats it, or maybe I'm just a fashion-romantic.