Thank You for Le Smoking: The 20 Chicest Women in Tuxedos
Photo: Archive Photos/Getty Images
There’s a mysterious allure about a woman in the most masculine piece of clothing: a tuxedo. Marlene Dietrich, with her love of on- and offscreen cross-dressing, knew it. Yves Saint Laurent knew it when he popularized the term le smoking to describe his take on black-tie eveningwear in 1966 to great fanfare. Women’s Wear Daily had a typical reaction: “Standing on the barricades he sows terror inside its institutions,” they said of the designer at the time. And fellow enfant terrible Hedi Slimane, who recently shot Abbey Lee Kershaw in one of his Saint Laurent suits, knows it. Here, our collection of women in the boundary-pushing classic.
This story was originally posted on May 15, 2014.
Marlene Dietrich, Circa 1930 Photo: Archive Photos/Getty Images
Angelina Jolie, 2014 Photo: Dave J Hogan/2014 Dave J Hogan
Kate Moss, 2012 Photo: Miquel Benitez/Getty Images
Charlotte Rampling, 1974 Photo: Alain Dejean/Corbis
Emma Watson, 2014 Photo: Ray Tamarra/2014 Ray Tamarra
Bianca Jagger, 1974 Photo: Corbis
Gia Coppola, 2013 Photo: Stefania D’Alessandro/2013 Stefania D’Alessandro
Janelle Monae, 2012 Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images
Carey Mulligan, 2013 Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
Ashley Olsen, 2008 Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images
Ellen DeGeneres, 2013 Photo: Adam Taylor/2014 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.
Amy Poehler Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images
Alexa Chung, 2010 Photo: Rabbani and Solimene Photography/WireImage
Naomi Campbell, 2014 Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images
Jennifer Connelly, 2014 Photo: Mike Pont/2014 Mike Pont
Marion Cotillard, 2004 Photo: Tony Barson/Getty Images
Claudia Schiffer, 2002 Photo: unknown/AFP/Getty Images
Isabella Rossellini, 2011 Photo: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images
Kirsten Dunst, 2006 Photo: John Sciulli/Getty Images
Abbey Lee Kershaw in Saint Laurent Photo: Courtesy of Saint Laurent
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