Examining Julia Fox's Style
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Odds are you have heard of Julia Fox. Whether you first encountered her as “Josh Safdie’s muse when he wrote Uncut Gems” (Youtube, 5:40-45) or as the notorious short-term girlfriend of Ye (formerly Kanye West), Fox has undeniably popped up as a sort of cultural icon.
Odds are you probably also love her or hate her, as is the case with many famous and infamous women. If you want to find out more about her enigmatic rise to fame, her interview with podcaster Alex Cooper was nothing short of enlightening. In short, Fox grew up in New York City and from early on had multiple encounters with the law and ongoing struggles with substance abuse. Her former occupations include dominatrix, designer, photographer, model, actress, and director. (Wikipedia) She also has a one-year-old son.
Though I’m not here to talk about her backstory, both her former careers and her adolescence in New York City seem to exert a particular influence on her style today. Firstly, her job as a dominatrix impacts her leather- and latex-centered, skintight sets donned on red carpets and at fashion shows. Secondly, her early life spent flirting with danger and navigating big city club scenes is characteristic of Fox’s deep sense of spontaneity, evident in her personality, clothing, and careers.
Fox (rightfully so) has moved up from unknown model and actress to an alluring cultural and fashion icon.
In her rise to fame, we’ve seen how her spontaneous, it-girl-on-the-go nature carries over to her outfits. Particularly, two DIY looks have garnered buzz on social media.
Firstly, in March, Fox was seen wearing a set of jeans and a matching denim top— paired with Alexander Wang denim knee-high boots and jeans sewn to be a bag.
Like the generous icon she is, she revealed on her Instagram a tutorial of how she split one pair of high-waisted jeans into the set that she created herself, using the remaining fabric of the jeans to make the top.
Image via @juliafox on Instagram.
Directly following her viral double denim DIY, Fox customized another simple outfit for herself, similarly pairing it with designer accessories.
Image via @juliafox on Instagram.
She sliced a plain white Hanes tank top in half to create and ultra cropped top with a matching mini skirt. With it she wore Giuseppe Zanotti black thigh-high boots with matching gloves, a small black Balenciaga bag, and black sunglasses. Fox similarly posted a tutorial for cutting the tank-top into a two-piece on her Instragam.
In her matching sets, we see a slight departure from her normal sense of style, self-described as “dominatrix couture” in her interview with Cooper. Yet, Fox stays true to her core self, evident here in the patent black leather gloves and boots that are both villainous and chic.
It’s these shiny, black, Cat Woman-esque looks (often paired with with smoky black eyeshadow done by Fox herself) that I adore the most. They feel the most Julia, rather than the perhaps Kanye-influenced version of Julia that seemed to be popping up in their short yet public relationship in which he often styled and purchased clothes for her. Despite frequent criticism that Julia Fox is “copying” Kim Kardashian, who Kanye also used to style, it’s when she’s clad in leather that Julia is in her most bewitching state.
Featured image via Glamour.
