A-list airport style: how Angelina Jolie, Anne Hathaway and Julia Roberts keep travel classy
- Fashion icons Jackie Kennedy, Brigitte Bardot and Elizabeth Taylor taught us how to fly in style, but modern celebs still offer inspo to beat drab athleisure
When it comes to fashion inspo and saved Instagram posts, there are few moments as memorable as the celebrity airport photo. It’s not just that it’s a kick to see incredibly famous people doing very ordinary things (they’re just like us!) It’s that so many of them, especially back in the golden era of travel, made shuffling through passport control look so glamorous. They looked like film stars. Even at immigration.
Think Jackie Kennedy in a little cream skirt suit, Elizabeth Taylor standing on the steps of a jet wearing a turban, and Brigitte Bardot in an enormous hat, clearly off somewhere fabulous.
“I think this is where you see the true style of the celebrity, right? I can’t imagine them calling up their stylists for airport arrival wear. I loved the vintage pictures of Audrey Hepburn with her big glasses, her hair in a scarf, tailored coat and her Vuitton bag – it was so chic,” she says.
Bessette-Kennedy’s approach is, of course, another long-time source of inspiration.
“I love CBK’s airport style, it’s practical – always trousers/top combo – there is a dash of slickness to it, like an Hermès belt or her Prada open-toe sandals. Her luggage was classic, nothing with logos. There was almost a sporty techy vibe to her carry-ons, which I love too,” she says.
