In introducing the first version of this now annual list, it was noted how those included reflected a definition of stylish that was looser than the term’s conventional meaning — equal parts style and “ish.”
While style is most obviously conveyed through clothes, accessories and haircuts, can’t it also come across in a distinctive swagger, a gesture that takes on a life of its own or even the colorful swirl of a smoothie? Can’t memorable style be silly, as well as serious? Can’t it be about how someone influences what people chatter about, as much as what they wear?
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