8 Rule-Breaking Beauties Who Forever Changed the Way We Look Inline
Photo: Courtesy of Sundance Institute1/8Nina Simone
As facial adornments continue to dominate runways, we are reminded of Nina Simone and the rows of rhinestones deftly positioned along the songstress’s lash lines and penciled brows. Even now, Simone’s take on the trend remains relevant and rife for emulation.
Photo: Getty Images2/8Lauren Hutton
The American model—who has appeared on nearly 30 Vogue covers—paved the way for models like Lindsey Wixson and Georgia May Jagger by embracing her gap-toothed smile. Known as dents du bonheur in France, gaps between the front teeth have become a covetable quirk, thanks in part to Hutton’s ubiquitous grin.
Photo: Getty Images3/8Grace Jones
When it comes to cool-girl androgyny, Jamaican powerhouse Grace Jones remains the ultimate reference. The supermodel’s knife-sharp bone structure and angular hairstyles echoed the cross-dressing movement of the 1980s and continue to reverberate today.
Photo: Photofest4/8Jean Seberg
Jean-Luc Godard’s 1960s film Breathless was more or less defined by muse Jean Seberg’s pale blonde pixie, which offered a now-iconic borrowed-from-the-boys counterpoint to the bombshell aesthetic that dominated the era.
Photo: Corbis5/8Frida Kahlo
Long before Cara Delevingne and #eyebrowsonfleek, Frida Kahlo’s iconic unibrow—which featured heavily in the Mexican painter’s self-portraits—proved that when it comes to brows, bolder is better.
