The #1 Fashion Buy French Girls Use to Look Sassy

Model Camille Rowe is quickly becoming one of our favourite fashion faces, thanks to her effortlessly cool French-girl style. Rowe sticks to Parisian staples—including simple knitwear, jeans and wicker baskets—and her way to dress "sexy" is equally laid-back. In a video for Semaine and French label Sézane, the Victoria's Secret model reveals that instead of body-con or flashing skin, her trick to seductive dressing is by wearing well-cut jeans with a bodysuit that shows off her curves. Or as Rowe puts it, "I want my curves to be like this, like a guitar made by Picasso."
Her personal style icon might also surprise you. Rather than claiming Jane Birkin or Audrey Hepburn as her sartorial muse, she said the person who influences her outfits the most is her dad. "Looking inside my dad's closet was my first realization of fashion," she explains to Semaine. "He has been my fashion icon ever since."
Camille describes her style as easy-going, and to re-create her look all you'll need is a Breton top, a pair of cutoff jeans, white plimsolls, a Chloé bag, an elegant white shirt and a skater-style denim jacket.
Keep scrolling to watch Camille in Semaine's video, and then shop three key pieces to help get her look.
For more French-girl style, see the one trend French girls can't agree on.
Emma is a freelance fashion editor with over 15 years experience in industry, having worked at The Telegraph, Grazia and, most recently, British Vogue. Emma was part of the founding team of Who What Wear UK, where she worked for six years as Deputy Editor and then Editor—helping shape the team into what it is today is one of the biggest privileges of her career and she will always see herself as a Who What Wear girl, contributing to both the US and UK sites. Whether she's writing about runway trends or spotlighting emerging brands, she aims to write about fashion in a way that is democratic and doesn't promote over consumption.
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