misswallflower:

Interview with Jane Birkin

- What inspires your personal style?

“I don’t know! I’m just me! I can’t change now, it would be false … ”

- It’s true — your sense of style is truly iconic. Do you have a secret for looking effortless, cool and stylish?

“I really just wear what’s comfortable! Today I have on five-year-old cashmere leggings full of holes, my agent’s corduroy trousers (he’s English, I admired them 10 years ago, he took them off and gave them to me!), a Japanese shirt I bought in Tokyo, and a Vanessa Bruno jersey. It’s three years old, but I love the neckline. And this cardigan I scooped up just in time from a man I didn’t know — it’s Margiela, I adore it! I have a turban on my head that I made to hide my curlers for the show — it’s a 15-year-old Thai silk scarf and a Hermès twisted muffler. For the show, I decided to wear all vintage stuff: Yves Saint Laurent 20-year-old “smoking” trousers, a 20-year-old dinner jacket and shirt from Charvet, and new suede men’s shoes from Pierre Hardy. And a Hermès cashmere black coat. It was all mine, and I feel happy and boyish in it.”