Consider the image of a French actress who, in adulthood, decided on a style with a long leopard shirt, opened her ankles and abandoned heels, preferring comfortable shoes to them.
Natalie Bai is the most famous actress in French cinema, in which she often played the role of ordinary, inconspicuous women. In everyday life, she also never stood out with a trendy style, like most French celebrities of her age.
If you look at the secular exits of the actress, it is impossible not to notice that in most cases she is dressed in black or beige suits, coats and jackets that do not attract attention. One of Natalie Bai's 2022 outings surprised many fans with the choice of a long leopard print shirt.
Leopard print is adored by another star of French cinema - Catherine Deneuve, who will celebrate her 80th birthday next year. She wears leopard print coats, jackets, blouses and skirts, not at all embarrassed by the dangerous reputation of this animalistic pattern, even at her age. Both Deneuve and Bai are a good illustration of the fact that leopard print does not always look vulgar, and that mature women should not be afraid of it.
In the photo in this outlet, Natalie Bai is 73 years old. The actress completed the image with a leopard print shirt with cropped beige trousers made of shining fabric and with an arrow. She prudently refused high heels. As footwear, shoes with a pointed toe and a strap were chosen, in which the heel is almost invisible.
It is noteworthy that cropped trousers open the ankle, and shoes without a silhouette-stretching heel do not add grace to the leg in this area. Usually, modern stylists strongly condemn such maneuvers and do not recommend them. But what can stylists do if a woman wants, can and practices? Moreover, French women at any age have always loved ballet shoes more than shoes with heels.
In theory, an active leopard print suits brunettes or young women with a contrasting southern appearance, but the image of the actress refutes this. Does the leopard print make her look vulgar and inappropriate? No.
Although this is an unexpected outfit for a woman 70+, there is nothing frivolous in the image. The whole image is designed in soft shades of brown and beige, which certainly suit the actress. Even as a mature woman with delicate features and soft hair color, Bai in this set looks dignified and not "cheap" at all.
