Style Icons & Their Modern-Day Equivalents

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When we think style, the usual icons come to mind: Audrey, Sophia, Marilyn.... are there major fashionistas today? Of course!

They may not be monikered on a first-name-basis status but there are many modern-day stars with the chops to stand alongisde favorite Old Hollywood leading ladies.

See the contemporary women who have captured the almost inimitable style of their predecessors.

Marilyn Monroe & Scarlett Johansson


Sophia Loren & Eva Mendes


Grace Kelly & Kate Middleton


Audrey Hepburn & Natalie Portman


Katharine Hepburn & Cate Blanchett


Brigitte Bardot & Claudia Schiffer


Rita Hayworth & Jessica Chastain

More vintage style icons:

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• Suzy Parker 1957

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/08/17/suzy-parker-dorian-leigh-parker-photo_n_1783028.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here</a> Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

• Isabella Rossellini 1972

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/08/20/isabella-rossellini-actress-model-photo_n_1784533.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here.</a> Getty Images

• Susie Coelho, 1970s

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/08/19/susie-coelho-sonny-bono-hgtv_n_1776314.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here. </a> WireImage

• Anita Ekberg, 1955

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/08/18/anita-ekberg-la-dolce-vita-fellini-actress-photo_n_1776175.html" target="_hplink">Read The Full Entry Here.</a> Getty Images

• Joanna Lumley 1968

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/08/16/joanna-lumley-absolutely-fabulous-photo_n_1776533.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here< /a> Popperfoto/Getty Images

• Janet Leigh '50s

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/08/15/janet-leigh-photo_n_1773168.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here</a> Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

• Jane Russell 1955

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/08/14/jane-russell-photo_n_1765032.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here</a> Moviepix/Getty Images

• Deanna Durbin '40s

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/08/13/deanna-durbin-photo_n_1761367.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here< /a> Redferns Photo

• Catherine Spaak 1962

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/08/12/catherine-spaak-actress_n_1753271.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here</a> Mondadori via Getty Images

• Joanne Woodward '60s

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/08/11/joanne-woodward-newman-actress_n_1753037.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here< /a> Getty Images

• Bridget Hall, late 1990s

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/08/10/bridget-hall-photo_n_1756754.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here</a> Redferns

• Tippi Hedren, 1963

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/08/09/tippi-hedren-photo_n_1751764.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here< /a> Hulton Archive

• Angie & David Bowie, 1973

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/08/08/angie-bowie-photo_n_1747743.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here< /a> Redferns

• Brooke Shields 1983

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/08/07/brooke-shields-photo_n_1733180.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here< /a> WireImage

• Cathy McGowan 1965

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/08/06/cathy-mcgowan-photo_n_1733004.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here< /a> Popperfoto

• Priscilla Presley 1980's

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/08/05/priscilla-presley-photo_n_1726197.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here</a> Getty Images

• Candice Bergen 1965

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/08/04/candice-bergen-young-photo_n_1726085.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here</a> Getty Images

• Dalida 1958

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/08/03/dalida-bang-bang-photo_n_1729650.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here</a> Gamma-Keystone

• Debbie Reynolds 1957

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/08/02/debbie-reynolds-photo_n_1724813.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here< /a> Redferns

• Sarah Jessica Parker 1986

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/08/01/sarah-jessica-parker-photo_n_1720506.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here< /a> Getty Images

• Cilla Black 1967

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/07/31/cilla-black-photo_n_1711398.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here< /a> Redferns

• Marisa Berenson in 1993

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/07/30/marisa-berenson-photo_n_1706452.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here< /a> Getty Images

• Olivia Newton John in 1983

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/07/29/olivia-newton-john-grease-sandy_n_1699262.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here< /a> WireImage photo

• Susan George in 1972

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/07/28/susan-george-actress-picture_n_1699180.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here< /a> Getty Images

• Gloria Vanderbilt 1960s

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/07/27/gloria-vanderbilt-photo_n_1703328.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here< /a> Archive Photos

• Queen Noor 1984

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/07/26/queen-noor-photo_n_1699249.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here< /a> Getty Images

• Paulina Porizkova 1990

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/07/25/paulina-porizkova-photo_n_1695920.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here< /a> Time & Life Pictures

• Anna Wohlin 1969

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/07/24/anna-wohlin-photo_n_1690341.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here</a> Getty Images

• Nan Kempner 1989

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/07/23/nan-kempner-photo_n_1687433.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here</a> Photo by Ron Galella/WireImage

• Beverly Johnson 1970's

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/07/22/beverly-johnson-model-halston_n_1686872.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here</a> Dirck Halstead/Time & Life Pictures

• Stephanie Beacham, 1972

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/07/21/dynasty-actress-stephanie-beacham-photo_n_1686594.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here</a> Lichfield/Getty Images

• Gypsy Rose Lee, 1956

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/07/20/gypsy-rose-lee-photo_n_1683488.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here< /a> Time & Life Pictures

• Helen Reddy, 1975

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/07/19/helen-reddy-photo_n_1684114.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here< /a> Getty

• Sharon Tate in 1965

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/07/18/sharon-tate-photo_n_1679856.html?utm_hp_ref=stylelist" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here</a>

• Joni Mitchell, 1967

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/07/17/joni-mitchell-photo_n_1671901.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here< /a> Getty

• Ann-Margret in 1967

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/07/15/ann-margret-photo_n_1666511.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here< /a> Hulton Archive

• Peggy Lipton, 1970

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/07/14/peggy-lipton-photos_n_1665528.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here</a> ABC via Getty Images

• Alicia Silverstone as Cher Horowitz in 'Clueless'

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/07/13/clueless-alicia-silverstone-photos_n_1669073.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here< /a> Photo: Clueless (1995)

• DvF 1970s

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/07/12/diane-von-furstenberg-photo_n_1662236.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here</a> Getty Images

• Romy Schneider 1960

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/07/11/romy-schneider-sissi_n_1659634.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here</a> Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images

• Iman 1980

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/07/10/iman-photos_n_1654397.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here< /a> Lichfield/Getty Images

• Madonna 1986

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/07/09/madonna-80s_n_1651403.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here< /a> Getty Images

• Dolores Guinness 1965

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/07/08/dolores-guinness_n_1651754.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here< /a> Getty Images

• Jacqueline Bisset 1962

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/07/07/jacqueline-bisset_n_1651716.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here< /a> Getty Images

• Althea Gibson 1957

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/07/06/althea-gibson-tennis-style_n_1646982.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here< /a> Getty photo

• Carole Landis 1940s

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/07/05/carole-landis-photos_n_1644404.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here< /a> Getty photo

• Christie Brinkley 1985

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/07/02/christie-brinkley-hair_n_1644111.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here< /a> Getty photo

• Julia Roberts 1990s

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/07/03/julia-roberts-photos_n_1637880.html?utm_hp_ref=stylelist" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here< /a> Getty

• Coco Chanel 1929

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/07/02/coco-chanel-photos_n_1635634.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here< /a> Getty Images

• Fabrizia Citterio 1967

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/07/01/fabrizia-citterio-italian_n_1631109.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here< /a> Getty Images

• Jeanne Moreau 1965

  <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2012/06/30/jeanne-moreau-photo-bikini_n_1630474.html" target="_hplink">Read Full Entry Here</a> Getty Images

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