People like to label her as “androgynous” but all I see is someone who is actually really classically beautiful and quite feminine, but who also has a penchant for clean and minimal lines. Her achievements in cinema need no introduction: if you ever doubted her immense talent, rent I Am Love and watch her don Jil Sander after Jil Sander while giving a performance that puts most actresses to shame.

When it comes to the red carpet, Tilda Swinton is her own stylist. She is daring, elegant, never trying too hard, and always unmistakeably Tilda. She prefers designers like Alber Elbaz (who she considers a personal friend), Haider Ackerman, Jil Sander, and Pringle of Scotland, a house that she is a spokesperson for. Occasionally, she’ll stray from her favourites and experiment with younger designers like Rodarte or Hussein Chalayan.

Tall, willowy, and with killer bone structure, she is a designer’s dream. And so much more than a model — there is an immense sass coming out of her, whether she is wearing Le Smoking or a draped Lanvin. That short hair always looking the same length but always doing something a tiny bit different. A woman like Tilda has her personal style so defined, the styling becomes all about little nuances here and there: the shoe, the bag, an unexpected pleat… All in the details.