Today Taki magazine profiled icons who’ve embodied “tomboy style” and placed Ms. Blume in the same category as famed Victor-Victoria greats Katherine Hepburn, Marlene Dietrich, and Joan Jett.
An excerpt:
Today the gamut of true contemporary tomboys runs wide—socialites, actresses, rockers, and models all want in on the action. But only those who take their queues from the legends and simultaneously embody the look and soul of the tomboy can actually pull it off.
Witness Vogue fashion icon and writer Lesley M. M. Blume, who recently wore a Dietrich-inspired tailored tux to the Frick Ball in New York City. “I’ve rarely felt as glamorous… I doubt the most elaborate Oscar de la Renta ballgown could have had the same effect. I can’t explain the calm of it, sailing around in tails amidst a sea of satin dresses. And yet, it still felt distinctly feminine—albeit a stranger, more extravagant version of femininity,” she told TomboyStyle.
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