The French phase “je ne sais quoi” directly translates to “I don’t know what”. Often used to describe an elusive quality, or a cool-girl essence, what it is exactly is hard to pin-down, but we know it when we see it.
Katie Holmes’s weekend styling is it. At the 2023 US Open Tennis Championships in New York, Katie attended the event in a cool-girl uniform: a chic vest top, blue jeans and black ballet flats. The simple but effective look was elevated by a clever styling trick.
Throwing a knit polo jumper over her shoulders, Katie embodied the “je ne sais quoi” essence whilst maintaining her put-together image. Styling her look with the seasons favourite shoe, the black ballet flat, Holmes mastered French-girl-ease on her outing in New York.