Alexa Chung has been named the most stylish woman of 2009.

The British television presenter, who moved to New York this year to work for MTV, topped Vogue magazine’s Best Dressed of 2009, with French actress Audrey Tautou coming in second.

Alexa is a well-known lover of British fashion labels, often wearing Burberry and Mulberry and previously modelling for Vivienne Westwood.

Commenting on their decision to crown Alexa best dressed, Vogue said: “She won over the US style pundits with her quirky style and kept us on side by staying true to the formula that won her our approval in the first place.”

Sex and the City actress Sarah Jessica Parker came third in the list, followed by X Factor judges Cheryl Cole and Dannii Minogue in fourth and fifth place.

Kate Moss came in the list at 10th, just ahead of Lady Gaga in 11th. Other notable inclusions include Michelle Obama, Anna Friel and Beth Ditto.

Vogue’s Best Dressed of 2009: 

1. Alexa Chung
2. Audrey Tautou
3. Sarah Jessica Parker
4. Cheryl Cole
5. Dannii Minogue
6. Emma Watson
7. Sienna Miller
8. Diane Kruger
9. Freida Pinto
10. Kate Moss
11. Lady Gaga
12. Lily Donaldson
13. Leighton Meester
14. Michelle Obama
15. Angelina Jolie
16. Georgia May Jagger
17. Anna Friel
18. Olivia Palermo
19. Carla Bruni-Sarkozy
20. Beth Ditto

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To celebrate the release of the most stylish film of the year, Coco Before Chanel, out on DVD and blu ray on November 23, we’ve joined forces with Optimum Home Entertainment to give 10 lucky winners the chance to win a copy of the DVD or blu ray!

Coco Before Chanel stars Audrey Tautou and tells the story of Gabrielle Chanel, who started her life as a headstrong orphan and following an extraordinary journey became the legendary couturier who embodied the modern woman. Read more… »

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French actress Audrey Tautou says she has no plans to settle down in Hollywood because she wants to act in good films than just be famous.
Tautou gained international recognition with the multi-ward winning and Oscar nominated Amelie, where she played the title character and The Da Vinci Code, where she played Sophie Neveu opposite Tom Hanks.
However, Tautou still feels Paris is the best place for her.
The Daily Express quoted her as telling the New York Daily News, “I like to visit Hollywood, but I wouldn’t like to settle there…
“I don’t think about my work in terms of a ‘career’. I have the ambition to try to do very good movies and try to work with great directors and I try to do my best. My intention is much more for doing something worthwhile than about the glory. I feel myself as being more of an artisan than as an actress.”
source: story.zimbabwestar.com

‘Da Vinci Code’ star Audrey Tautou has an unusual hobby of collecting photos of every person who has interviewed her.
The French actress regularly takes pictures of journalists she speaks with so she doesn’t forget them, and hopes one day to incorporate the snaps into a project, reported New York Daily News.
The actress likes to believe that it is not a waste of time spending short moments with so many people and prefers to hold on to thwem in the form of pictures.
“I haven’t done anything with the photos yet. I just keep them. But it’s just because I have met so many people for very short moments and all these moments for me disappear into the air. I find it a bit unreal. So I wanted to keep something concrete to make sure I was not wasting my time,” said Tautou. Read more… »

Audrey Tautou prefers reading to cosmetic surgery.
The ‘Coco Before Chanel’ actress has no intention of going under the knife, maintaining she is happy to grow old gracefully.
She said: “I’d rather read a book than get Botox.”
The 33-year-old actress refuses to call herself a natural beauty, but admits she is too lazy to become obsessed with her appearance.
She explained: “I don’t think of myself as a beautiful! But I think you feel beautiful when you accept yourself exactly as you are, imperfections and all.
“Being a bit of a tomboy, I do my own make-up really quickly and don’t obsess over products. I only use body lotion about once a year. I’m terrible!”
Despite her relaxed attitude towards cosmetics, Audrey – who is the spokeswoman for Chanel no. 5 fragrance – can’t leave her house unless she has spritzed on some scent.
She revealed to Britain’s Cosmopolitan magazine: “Perfume means much more than make-up or clothes. You wear perfume like a secret that you only share with someone you get close to, like a kiss. I love being enveloped in scent.
“I couldn’t love a man who doesn’t love Chanel No. 5! It would be hopeless.”
source: 3news.co.nz

French actress Audrey Tautou has launched a vicious attack on her country’s greatest female fashion icon – calling Coco Chanel “a liar”.
Tautou, who plays Chanel in a new biopic, included collaboration with the Nazis and rumoured anti-Semitism among the designer’s moral failings.
The designer has been accused of collaboration with the Nazis during the Second World War when she lived at the Paris Ritz hotel with a German lover.
Chanel was also notoriously anti-Jewish and disliked homosexuals.
“She was a liar, so it’s difficult to know who she was before she became famous and had some success,” Tautou told Sky News in an interview. Read more… »

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Director ANNE FONTAINE was so desperate to get AUDREY TAUTOU to play fashion icon COCO CHANEL in her upcoming movie, she threatened to quit if the French star refused.
Tautou takes the title role in forthcoming biopic Coco avant Chanel, which details the legendary designer’s rise to the top of the fashion world.
And Fontaine was so convinced Tautou was perfect for the part, she told the actress she would walk away from the film unless Tautou signed up.
Fontaine says, “It couldn’t be another French actress for me. It was so obvious, as she was so close physically. In the pictures, sometimes, it’s incredible. She’s so thin and fragile, but also strong in her personality. I couldn’t imagine it as anybody else.
“Many could play the part, but you have to be different… She has to be really special, and Audrey is very special, with these two big eyes and this little boy body. I had the conviction when I saw her that she was the reincarnation of a young Chanel.”
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