Kate Bosworth

Kate Bosworth

Kate Bosworth biggest fashion inspiration and style advice came from her father.

Bosworths passion for fashion stems from her dad, who worked in retail his whole life, and would warn her to invest in quality pieces as a teenager rather than splurge on short-lived trends.

The 30-year-old said: "I learned so much from my father. Mostly that classic design would stand the test of time, and fads and trends will come and go.

"When I was a teenager I despised hearing this because I wanted to shroud myself in the latest trends and styles.

"The more I understood what my taste was, the more realised it was very much what he instilled in me, which is a very classical, minimalist take on design."

The 'Blue Crush' actress is now renowned as a style icon in her own right, and used her fashion know-how to create a festival-themed capsule collection for Topshop.

Kate drew upon her experience as a former show-jumper to add a western edge to the clothes and accessories.

She told InStyle magazine: "I thought it might be interesting to produce a festival collection. It was before Coachella - I put together a bunch of new boards and brought them in to the team and came up with a very small collection of things inspired by a certain type of cowboy.

"As a rider, I wore chaps my whole life and I was interested in playing with suede for spring, playing with the feminine, classic silhouette - a more sixties shape - and teaming it with a more masculine, tougher


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