Mature Style Icons: Kim Cattrall

19-11-2008 16:18

Sex and The City's Kim Catrall has a body that most people would kill for at the age of 52, not to mention a wardrobe and successful career to match.

The stunning star is known to millions of women as the straight-talking and sexually free, Samantha Jones from the hit TV series- a role she recently revived for the movie earlier this year.

Who can forget her stripping off to lie naked on a table covered in sushi? or her huge black granny pants that became something of a fashion icon in their own right?

Even throughout the original series, Kim had a body to be envied as she was already in her 40s when filming began, compared to her much younger co-stars.

To say she wiped the floor with them would maybe be a little harsh, but she did get some remarkable clothes and image changes throughout the whole six seasons of Sex and the City.

While Sarah Jessica Parker may have earned her style icon status, it was Kim who most women wanted to be like, which included her fashion sense.

Her style generally is outlandish, bright and often just a little bit slutty, whereas Kim's style is refined, glamorous and sexy.

While most women have admitted to dressing down once they hit their fabulous 50s, Kim is most definitely a beacon of shining light- with her prefect pins, glowing skin and gorgeous hair.

Take her appearance back on the red carpet for the release of Sex and the City: The movie. While SJP glammed it up to the extreme with a ridiculous hat, Kim kept it simple with an off the shoulder red design, by British designer Vivienne Westwood. Kim knew she was on home soil and that Westwood is a huge feature of the movie, so cleverly combined the two to get people talking. Smart lady!

Our best Kim style moment of the year however, has to be her appearance at the Cosmopolitan Women of The Year awards earlier this month. Wearing a silk kimono style wrap dress, she looked the epitome of class, with her simple accessories and nifty up-do.

Roll on Sex and the City: The sequel, if only so you can give us more delightful fashion moments, Kim!

FemaleFirst- Laura Terry