Icon in the Making: Catherine Duchess of Cambridge

To keep on with the Jeans and Tees and Travel and Cakes Summer Icon Series, this post spotlights an icon in the making. I've been fascinated by this woman for quite some time and my interest rose this past April when she lived out every girl's fairytale and married a prince.(Don't worry Kyle, you're my prince charming...barf!)

 Kate Middleton who now goes by Catherine Duchess of Cambridge is surely an icon in the making. Her fashion sense is simple, classic, chic and her utter beauty catches every one's attention. It seems like she was born to be a Duchess and eventually Britain's Queen. She carries herself with such grace, you can't help but love her.

Her role now as the Duchess of Cambridge is to do charity work much like her husband's late mother, Lady Diana. I love that William her husband and she prefer to live a simple life, this speaks volumes of there character, which only makes me love her even more.

So I am pulling for Catherine Duchess of Cambridge to become an icon of my generation because sadly enough there aren't many people I would consider a genuine icon in this day in age.

Icon in the Making: Catherine Duchess of Cambridge

Enjoy these pictures of the Duchess from her recent

North American Tour.

Malene Birger Dress

Erdem Dress

Catherine Walker Dress.

Reiss Dress.

Alexander McQueen Dress. I love this look.

Casual in J Brand Denim

Catherine Walker Coatdress

Diane von Furstenberg dress.

Jenny Packham Dress.



Alexander McQueen Dress.



Pictures compliments of Vogue.com

Past Icons

Audrey Hepburn

John and Jackie Kennedy



Icon: Audrey Hepburn

 Part Two of my summer icon series spotlights Audrey Hepburn. Audrey is an icon in every sense of the word. Her role in Breakfast at Tiffany's made me fall in love with New York City and it's glamour, it's funny that I ended up working right across the street from Tiffany's, where I sometimes find myself walking in and browsing just like Holly Golightly (Audrey), because there is no place quite like it.

Audrey was and still is a major fashion icon but she is so much more then a woman who looked well in a little black dress and pearls, she was also an icon for her humanitarian work with UNICEF. And unlike today with celebrities doing charity work to get good press or to follow trend, she did this because she truly cared. This is something that is truly harder and harder to find these days.

She is the definition of effortless style and grace. I grew up with a picture of Audrey in my room which always reminded me to be a lady, which is another thing harder and harder to find these days. Now I'm not conservative in the least bit but when I watch reality television and I see the way some women act, I think this is doing our gender a major disservice. We should take a cue from Audrey, we can be beautiful, sopisitcated, educated, talented, selfless women, you can be iconic in your own way.

 Thank you Audrey for being such a positive influence in my life. Now if I could only dance like you.

Icon: Audrey Hepburn

"As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others."- Audrey

This song pretty much describes my life at this current stage. 
I love the way Audrey rocks it.