Remembering Diane Keaton, Fashion Icon

It was a method all her personal – broad-brimmed hat; eyeglasses; vest; turtleneck, or shirt worn with a tie or scarf; extensive, pleated pants, and a jacket, typically matching and typically tweed.

It was labeled “Annie Corridor type,” nevertheless it actually ought to have been referred to as “Diane Keaton type,” for it’s what made her an icon from the second she appeared on the display screen in that Woody Allen movie, which received her an Oscar. Designers all through the intervening virtually 5 many years would typically copy it, however there was just one authentic: Keaton, who died Saturday at age 79 and who remained true to her look all through her life, even on the purple carpet. There she typically would don mannish fits, or else full skirted attire worn with a large belt.

She typically appeared at trend reveals, together with Ralph Lauren’s return to New York Trend Week in September 2023 and Thom Browne’s on the couture reveals in Paris that very same yr.

Final yr she printed a e book about her trend sense, “Diane Keaton: Trend First,” which had a foreword by Ralph Lauren – a longtime buddy and admirer – and observations by everybody from Sarah Jessica Parker and Miley Cyrus to Candice Bergen (one other type icon of the ’70s and past).

In an interview concerning the e book with WWD’s Eye editor Leigh Nordstrom, Keaton stated bluntly that she merely wears what she likes. Requested how her type had developed over time, she replied, “I nonetheless love a turtleneck, a hat and a jacket. I believe I focus extra on sporting fits day by day than ever earlier than. And wait…a large belt.”

As for who impressed her fashion-wise, Keaton stated: “Folks on the road, to be sincere. In case you are asking me about designers it will be individuals like Ralph Lauren, Thom Browne and Celine.” 

However her style went past trend, and she or he additionally final yr linked up with the California-based interiors model Hudson Grace to design a line of tabletop and bedding merchandise for the house – all in her signature black and white. The gathering included a complete of 109 items throughout kitchenware, entertaining necessities, bedding, decor and pet equipment ranging, in value from $18 to $595. Two years earlier she collaborated on a 50-plus design cloth line with Fabricut Inc. model S. Harris and in 2019 she partnered with luxurious furnishings maker Aidan Grey on a lighting assortment.