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Frederique van der Wal and Scyler Pim van der Wal Klein

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occupation: legendary supermodel and founder of Frederique’s Choice flowers

I have had the great luck to have had Frederique as a client and friend over the past few years. Given her superstar status and arresting natural beauty (her native Holland, known for their love of flowers, named a new breed of lily after her), she is the most down-to-earth person imaginable. Completely congruent with her humility and grounded charm (which she attributes to her parents and being Dutch) is her intuitive and completely uncontrived style. Whenever styling Freddie, she stands amidst the ten daunting stuffed racks of clothes and in her carefree way, throws an original, vintage Frederique look together in a nanosecond – a touch of fashion muses Ali MacGraw, Catherine Deneuve, and an unassuming Northern European bombshell – any knit dress and anything that’s all legs stops you in your tracks. Freddie’s closet today basically consists of things either given to her by her mom, over the years by designers (like the distinctively shaped and monumentally perfect Alaia leather jacket from 1989), or that she has accumulated from her infinite modeling jobs. Everyday staples are the seminal Hogan boots, Gaultier blazers, and jeans, all of which she snatched up from a job we did together three years ago. It wouldn’t even occur to her to shop for something new. What makes Frederique so special when it comes to dressing is her almost innocence when it comes to trends – she is as excited about everything that she wears as if it were bought yesterday.
Scyler, nine-years-old, is her mom’s new in-house fashion consultant. Instead of the world-class stylists that have been at Frederique’s disposal for advice, she now turns to her daughter. Mom says that Scyler always gets it right. She scored the coolest pair of black patent leather knee-high boots for Halloween, and already has plans for many ways to wear them other than “in costume” (she’s even working on her mom to wear them to school). I love the way she describes the practicality of a silver shoe over the same one in lavender. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.


Comments

  1. posted by sam
    November 5th, 2009 at 8:34 pm

    what beauties. so classy, timeless and chic.

  2. posted by Jack
    November 6th, 2009 at 4:26 am

    True role models and how not to be caught up in consumption and love clothes

  3. posted by Bonnie Young
    November 8th, 2009 at 3:34 am

    She is so elegant and I love her ideas about timeless, classic dressing. Her home is beautifully artistic too — such exquisite choices!

  4. posted by ann
    November 8th, 2009 at 7:22 am

    unpretentious and tres chic, Scylar seems to know herself like her mom

  5. posted by Prêt-à-Porter P
    November 11th, 2009 at 2:25 pm

    she is absolutely stunning. i love that some of her pieces she has had for over 10 yrs or some even belonged to her mother. good design is good design, and i like how she picked pieces that are timeless but still unique.
    i wish that white jacket of hers!! it is so hard to find a white jacket!
    and i like how her daughter doesnt come across as spoiled.

  6. posted by Eye Candy
    November 15th, 2009 at 11:10 am

    she and her daughter are just amazing! so sophiticated and styled!

  7. posted by wolf
    November 26th, 2009 at 9:21 pm

    ahh scyler is adorable!

  8. posted by Jenny Hirschowitz « Style Like U
    January 4th, 2010 at 3:24 pm

    [...] you like Jenny, you might also enjoy Beatrix Ost, Frederique van der Wal, or Katia [...]

  9. posted by Monique
    January 11th, 2010 at 9:41 am

    vind deze post geweldig. Frederique je hebt een ‘classy’ stijl, net als je dochter. Leuke naam trouwens Scyler!

  10. posted by Marilyn Kirschner « Style Like U
    January 13th, 2010 at 9:51 am

    [...] and classicist at heart, Tay Trong because of his inherent creativity, the mother daughter team of Frederique and Scyler van der Wal because they are the essence of natural beauty and unforced chic, Magda Berliner because of her [...]

  11. posted by Hydrolyze
    February 26th, 2010 at 11:15 am

    Gday! Great thought, but could this really operate?

    SHARI

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