I discovered Kate as most girls did - in their teens/circa 1997 - Titanic. Admist my love affair with then still green Leonardo DiCaprio - this ravishing beauty came crashing into the rich fantasyscape of my imagination - with curves (similar to my own) and fiery red hair. The vintage dresses and period pieces she wore sealed my fate, I would forever love Kate Winslet.

A cult fan follower of Winslet - I’ve seen everything that she had the smallest role in. In 2006, she floored me with her performance as Sarah Pierce in Little Children.  A dark,frankly disturbing film, dealing with the nuances of life as a repressed suburban housewife coupled with suburban reaction to pedophilia.

And now, November 2008 - She’s on the cover of Vanity Fair, striking the Catherine Deneuve poses from Belle de Jour, a fantastic French classic film about a housewife moonlighting as a daytime prostitute.

The Deneuve/Winslet crossover makes my heart flutter (My first Deneuve film was Indochine). She is gorgeous, radiant and comfortable in her own skin. All the things I feel as I approach the big 30. Thank you once again Kate for being a role model.

Read the Vanity Fair article here