Oh, Jackie

The word 'icon' is so overused these days it has almost lost all its true meaning. The way I see it, real icons, just like true friends, can be counted with one hand. They can't be dated, as they must inspire throughout time. When I try to think of true icons of the past I often can't mention more than three: Jane Birkin, Grace Kelly and Jackie O. Which is was I was more than thrilled when I found out the History Channel was shooting a miniseries named The Kennedys, starring Katie Holmes as Jackie.

I, then, started thinking of the current trends and designers Jackie would wear if she lived today. Back in the day the choice was more limited —to Chanel, Givenchy and Dior, all of which she would probably still wear today. I think she would have loved this season's trend of muted colours, nudes and pastels. She would be popular for wearing a lot of Chloé and she would have probably been one of the first women to properly embrace Phoebe Philo's collections for Céline. It would have been a more modern Jackie but one people would have remembered throughout time anyway.

I'm off.

[Pictures: Net-a-Porter.com, Style.com, diamondvues.com, shoeminx.com, JustJared.buzznet.com, en.Wikipedia.org]