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Shes worn them to sit courtside at Knicks games andfront rowat New York Fashion Week.
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Shes worn them to dine at fancy restaurants and walk countless red carpets.
And most recently she made headlines for reviving acontroversial Y2K denim trendat the 2022 Jingle Ball.
The state of denim dressing is always in flux.
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Inseams and waistlines rise and fall.
Silhouettes expand and contract.
Trends come and go.
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But Holmes has managed to stay ahead of the curve for decades now.
Im not really a fashion person, Holmes admittedtoHarpers Bazaarin June.
Like arom-com leadcome to life, Holmes looks stylishly undonecomfortably haphazard evenbut unmistakably herself.
NEW YORK - AUGUST 06: Katie Holmes is seen on the streets of Manhattan on August 6, 2008 in New York City, New York. (Photo by James Devaney/WireImage)
Looking to cultivate a little of Katies unfussy, all-American elegance in your own wardrobe?
Start here with a 20-year tour of her ever-growing denim collection.
But two weeks later her life would change forever after afateful interviewwithSeventeen.
NEW YORK, NY - JULY 10: Kathleen Holmes, Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise arrive to Chelsea Piers on July 10, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by James Devaney/WireImage)
At first their all-consuming devotion to one another felt like a publicity stunt.
And less than a month after that, Cruise proposed to Holmes at the Eiffel Tower.
Tom and I will always be in our honeymoon phase, Holmes, then 26, replied earnestly.
By the end of the year, the happy couple announced they were expecting a child.
First a chin-length bob with blunt bangs in 2007.
Then a tousled Victoria Beckham-esquepixie cutin 2008.
The jeans, Yang revealed, actuallybelonged to Cruise.
Holmes and Cruise arrived hand in hand at the 2012Vanity FairOscars party in March.
Divorce papers obtainedby TMZ, however, told a different story.
The marriage, Holmes said, had been irretrievably broken for at least six months.
Perhaps thats why Holmes looked remarkably put together amid the collapse of her marriage.
Im fascinated by what shes been wearing, The Cuts Charlotte CowlestoldThe New York Times.
Its simple, relatable clothing.
Shes been very smart.
The gray hat and sweater provide balance by keeping the rest of the look neutral.
I know the work that goes into it.
I have a tightly edited closet.
I like what I like.
And I repeat a lot.
But Im always comfortable in jeansI feel like I can really do anything when Im in them.
It was a little bit tomboy mixed with preppy.
Anytime you put denim in, Im like, Yesss.
Im not really a show-a-lot-of-skin bang out of person.
I mean, Im happy for the cardigan.
On top, a white pussy-bow blouse is layered with a textured brown blazer and billowing beige trench coat.
On Twitter, some called itcursed.
Many found it hard to believe the photo was taken in2022, not2002.
Days later, stylist Brie Welchdefended the lookinThe New York Times.
In other words, let Katie Holmes live!
Were all going to be eating our words whenBella Hadid copies this look later.
