Keeping your sense of style while working up a sweat… is it possible?
Mireille Guiliano, CEO of Clicquot & author of ‘French Women Don’t Get Fat’ has quite a lot to say about style. But when it comes to style + exercising, Mireille points out that for most French women, exercising in the traditional sense is not tres chic. She encourages increasing your movement throughout the day. No sweat, but a ’slow burn’ as she puts it.
Wise advice, but for many of us running, the gym, yoga – these are all a necessary part of our healthy life.
So I must pose the question – can one sweat stylishly?
In her gorgeous 2007 interview with Australian Harpers Bazaar, Dita Von Teese broached the subject of being impeccably maintained all day long. We’ve all heard of her 16.5 inch/14 cm waist, surely that takes at least a little bit of sweat to maintain?
Von Teese states:
“There are degrees of dressed up. Do I go to my yoga class with red lipstick, false eyelashes and heels? No. But I do hide my yoga clothes under a great trench coat. Yes, I wear a bit of mascara and lip gloss… It’s easy to be comfortable and still elegant if you want”
The issue of mixing exercise with style was obviously an idea thrown around in a few brainstorming meetings at Adidas and Puma a few years ago. Puma partnered with supermodel Christy Turlington to create the Nuala range, while Adidas wisely jumped on board the Stella McCartney train for their stylish exercise collection.
While Turlington’s Nuala had some cute pieces, I think Stella McCartney’s range leaves it for dead. View Stella McCartney’s latest collection for Adidas here.
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