'The thinking man's sex symbol' is apparently what Margot from 2001's The Royal Tenenbaums is. Whatever kind of crumpet she is (and c'mon, she's Gwyneth Paltrow! Course she's a crumpet. Albeit a gluten-free soba noodle one), she looks very moodily cool in Wes Anderson's trail-blazing black comedy. And her furry coat, geeky/preppy look is being emulated everywhere right now. So here's your #NTK on Margot's idiosyncratic style.
Go on then, why Margot?
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Because she got us through our teenage years. (Margot also loved smoking furtively in the bathroom – although she was wearing a slip dress rather than some Abercrombie tracksuit bottoms when she did it.) Because she has shiny, perfect hair like a Lego man, or an otter, or Anna Wintour – and we just want to stroke it. And because she wears a very a la mode oversized fur coat that makes even a polo shirt look debonair.
Who else is into it?
Loads of people, actually. A Debrief poll reveals that you don't have to have watched the TRT to know that Margot looks radulous in the film. Anyone who is into hi/lo dressing – Margot's striped polo shirt dress and fur coat translates into a modern-day interpretation of a teddy bear coat and Adidas sweater – will appreciate the secretly promiscuous Margot's eclectic aesthetic.
**But how would I do that in real life? **
Basically, put a soft squishy coat over something preppy with a basenote of retro sporty, while applying liberal amounts of eyeliner and a natty little hair barrette. If putting any kind of hair accessory on your barnet makes you spontaneously retch, then I'd hold the hair bob and just say rediscover polo shirts.
We know they were the bane of your life during games – so scratchy, so square – but now that everyone's going wild for Adidas' Stan Smiths again, the door's wide open for a Fred Perry/ Lacoste rediscovery (especially now Alexa's looking hot as Lacoste's face) and quite frankly, everyone could do with a kinda-naff ’90s negligee. Just don't wear the shirt with tracksuit bottoms. Someone might mistake you for being on games.
So should I do it?
Look, we're not saying that you should marry a Jamaican recording artist for nine days only (that sounds stressful), but Margot's look is a little bit different to what everyone else is doing these days. And that's always a good thing.
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.