Jeanne Damas is the person most people picture when they say French-girl style, and as a stylist I find her useful for one plain reason: she repeats herself. As the founder of Rouje, the Parisian designer and model built a whole label around wrap dresses, high-waisted denim, men's blazers and a red lip. You'll see the same handful of pieces on her on a bike, at a café table and at Paris Fashion Week, which is exactly why her outfits are so easy to copy. Below are 30 of her looks, with notes on what I'd check when recreating each one on a body that isn't hers.
The Small Rotation Behind All 30 Looks
Read through her outfits and you'll notice the same pieces doing almost all the work. Before a client copies any single look, I have them check what they already own against this list, because most of the 30 outfits below are just different pairings of it.
- High-waisted straight-leg jeans in a mid blue, ending around the ankle bone
- A wrap or slip dress in a small print or a solid
- An oversized blazer with dropped shoulders
- A beige trench or a camel coat
- A plain white tee in mid-weight cotton and a striped knit
- Flat shoes you can walk in all day: ballet flats, loafers or espadrilles
- A woven basket bag and small gold hoops
- One red lipstick that suits your undertone
If I had to buy only one thing first, it would be the jeans, fitted properly at the waist and hemmed to your flats. Half of her outfits sit on that pair, and a waistband that gaps at the back will undo every tuck in this list.
1. Jeanne Damas Gabin Wrap Dress With Espadrilles
The Gabin wrap dress is probably the piece most tied to her name. It's a Rouje design with a deep V, short gathered sleeves, a button closure and a tie belt that sets the waist, and she wears it in ditsy florals, dots or solid jewel tones with canvas wedge espadrilles from Castañer, a small woven basket and thin gold hoops. Before anyone buys a deep wrap neckline, I have them sit down and lean forward in it. A V that's fine standing can open a lot at a table, and a small snap at the cross point fixes that. Keep the face to a red lip and bare eyes, as she does, so the print carries the outfit.
2. Cropped Cardigan With High-Waisted Straight-Leg Jeans
This is her off-duty formula at its simplest. She favors button-up knit cardigans cut short, worn buttoned as a top or open over a white ribbed tank, with high-waisted straight-leg jeans. The crop only works if the jeans rise to meet it. If there's a strip of skin or a sagging waistband between the two, I go up a rise before I go down a cardigan size. Pointed ballet flats or low block-heel mules, a raffia basket and gold jewelry finish the spring market-morning version she wears.
3. Trench Coat Over a White Tee and Straight-Leg Jeans
She has called the trench coat an outfit in itself, and hers is a vintage Burberry in beige worn a little oversized. Under it goes a white crewneck tee, loosely tucked into high-waisted straight blue jeans, with low-heeled ankle boots in black or tan, a shoulder bag and cat-eye sunglasses; she's described this as her under-ten-minutes formula. If you size up a trench for this effect, watch the shoulder seam rather than the length. Once it drops well past your own shoulder the coat looks borrowed in the wrong way, and the sleeves will need taking up.
4. Oversized Blazer With a White Tee and Flare Jeans
When she wants to look put-together fast, this is the uniform: an oversized blazer in menswear cloth such as charcoal check or black wool, sleeves pushed up, over a white tee and high-waisted flares that skim the floor. Chunky gold hoops and heeled mules or pointed boots finish it. The flare hem makes or breaks the look. I have clients hem flares to the exact shoes they'll wear, with a little heel still showing, because floor-length denim worn with flats frays at the back within weeks. Sharp shoulders and a swinging hem balance each other, so the face needs nothing more than a bold lip.
5. Floral Midi Dress With a Basket Bag and Flat Sandals
Summer for her means floral midi dresses, often Rouje designs with flutter sleeves, a wrap front or a little lace at the neckline. Flat leather sandals and a market basket keep the prettiness in check. The hem lands mid-calf, and that's the length I'm most careful with on shorter clients: it can cut the leg at its widest point, so a side slit or wrap opening that shows some movement matters more than it looks. Round tortoiseshell sunglasses and a matte red lip suit a terrace somewhere in Provence or a walk through the Marais.
6. Silk Slip Dress With Ballet Flats and a Basket Bag
She has said a silk slip dress feels like wearing nothing, and she pairs hers with ballet flats and a woven basket in warm weather. The dresses are bias cut, with thin straps, a cowl neck and a hem just below the knee, in soft shades like dusty lilac or champagne. Bias-cut silk is honest about everything underneath, so I always try one on with the underwear the client actually plans to wear and look at it by a window. A smooth, edge-free slip or a nude bodysuit solves most problems. Air-dried hair and neutral flats keep it relaxed enough for dinner or a gallery opening.
7. Polka Dot Wrap Dress Layered Under a Beige Trench
Polka dots come up again and again with her, usually as a wrap dress. Here it's a white midi wrap with black dots under an open, slightly oversized beige trench, with yellow flat sandals or low mules and a big straw basket. That yellow shoe is the clever part. With a black-and-white print and a beige coat, one off-palette color at the foot keeps the outfit from looking like a costume, and I'd hold it to just one.
8. Black Leather Jacket With Straight-Leg Blue Jeans
Her edgier days start with a black leather jacket, a fitted moto with silver hardware, over a white or gray tee and relaxed high-waisted straight jeans. Low block-heel black ankle boots, a structured black shoulder bag and gold hoops are the whole kit. On a moto I check two things: the shoulder and the hem, which should end at or just above the jeans' waistband so the high rise still shows. New leather is stiff at the elbows and softens with wear, so buy it fitted rather than tight.
9. Chunky Knit Sweater Tucked Into a Printed Midi Skirt
Cool weather brings out her texture mixing. An oversized chunky knit in cream or camel gets front-tucked into a printed or satin midi skirt that moves when she walks. A chunky knit tucked all the way round a thin skirt makes a lump at the hip, so I tuck only the front few inches and let the sides fall; you get the waist without the bulk. Ballet flats or low ankle boots depending on the cold, a small structured bag and gold jewelry, and it's the outfit I'd want for a November afternoon in bookshops.
10. Double-Breasted Check Blazer With Silk Camisole and Trousers
A well-cut blazer is one of her non-negotiables, and here it comes as a full suit: a double-breasted check in muted gray or glen plaid, worn open over a silk camisole, with matching wide or slightly flared trousers and pointed heeled boots or pumps. Double-breasted jackets are cut to be buttoned, so worn open they swing wide. That's fine on her, but if you're fuller in the bust, try it closed first and see which reads cleaner. Gold hoops and bare skin let the cami do the softening at dinners and evening openings.
11. Wide-Leg Trousers With a Silk Blouse and Loafers
She describes wide-leg trousers as fluid and freeing, and she picks them high-waisted and floor-skimming, usually black or deep navy. A silk blouse with a plunging neck or a touch of lace tucks in, and flat loafers or low mules keep it walkable. Over flats, the hem should just kiss the top of the shoe or it drags. She has said that big fluid pants, a simple shirt, normal hair and a red lip get her more attention than anything fussier, and from what I see in fittings, she's right.
12. Flared Jumpsuit With Wedge Espadrilles
She has said she loves a jumpsuit because it's easy and you don't have to think. Hers lean 1970s, with a deep V, a defined waist and a cropped flare that stops just above the ankle, in black, navy or ivory fabrics that drape rather than cling. Wedge espadrilles, a small crossbody and gold hoops complete it. The fit point people miss is torso length. If it pulls at the crotch when you sit, no styling will fix it, so sit down in the fitting room before you buy. This is a long-lunch-into-drinks outfit.
13. Silk Slip Dress Layered Under an Oversized Blazer
One of her most useful evening formulas: a bias-cut slip with thin straps and a soft cowl, falling just below the knee, under a boxy black or charcoal menswear blazer with the sleeves pushed up. Heeled mules or strappy sandals, a small evening bag and a red lip. The blazer does practical work too. Silk shows every crease from sitting, and a jacket long enough to cover the hips hides most of it by the end of the night.
14. Velvet Wide-Leg Pants With a Bodysuit and Leather Jacket
Velvet is her cold-month evening fabric; she has said it's comfortable and sexy at the same time. Wide-leg velvet trousers in burgundy or black go with a black bodysuit or fitted turtleneck, a black leather jacket, heeled black ankle boots and a compact shoulder bag. I push the bodysuit here because velvet shows a tuck ridge far more than wool does. Velvet also crushes where you sit, so steam it rather than iron it and hang the trousers to let the pile recover. Add the red lip for a winter dinner.
15. Breton Stripe Top With High-Waisted Jeans and Espadrilles
The Breton stripe top is about as French a wardrobe staple as exists, and she wears it the classic way: long-sleeved navy and cream, boat neck, tucked fully into high-waisted straight blue jeans. Natural canvas wedge espadrilles give height for a day of walking, with a straw basket, gold hoops and a red lip. A boat neck visually widens the shoulders, which helps if you're narrow up top. If your shoulders are already broad, I'd move to a slightly scooped neck in the same stripe. She wears this biking to meetings and out for an apéro.
16. Chunky Knit Sweater Tucked Into High-Waisted Jeans With Ankle Boots
When it gets cold she tucks an oversized chunky knit into high-waisted straight jeans in deep indigo. She has said she buys sweaters a size up because she likes how the fabric falls when tucked, and that's a genuine fitting trick: the extra length gives the tuck something to blouse over. The catch is bulk at the waistband, so I'd choose a looser gauge in a lighter yarn over a dense cable. Low-heeled ankle boots in black or cognac, a structured shoulder bag, gold hoops and the red lip warm up the neutrals. Chunky knits pill where a bag strap rubs, so keep a sweater comb handy.
17. Floral Maxi Dress With Mid-Calf Boots for Fall
Her in-between-season answer is a dark floral maxi, burgundy blooms on black or navy, with long sleeves or a high neck. The dress hits the ankle, and mid-calf leather boots with a small stacked heel peek out below. I check that gap closely: the boot should vanish under the dress when you stand and only show when you walk, because bare calf between boot and hem breaks the long line. Add an oversized blazer or cropped jacket if it's chilly, a small leather shoulder bag, and keep the face to glowing skin, brows and the red lip.
18. White Silk Blouse With Skinny Jeans and Patent Heels
Sometimes the plainest pairing is the smartest. A white silk blouse with a sharp collar, a slight puff at the shoulder or a tie neck gets tucked fully into slim dark jeans, with pointed patent pumps in black or nude. White silk turns see-through in daylight, so wear a skin-tone camisole underneath, not a white one; white shows through more than skin does. A top-handle bag and quiet gold jewelry make it a lunch-meeting outfit that still works at dinner.
19. Navy Suit Vest With Matching Trousers and Sneakers
She borrows from menswear freely, and this set shows how. A fitted navy suit vest buttoned over bare skin or a white tank, matching floor-skimming trousers and chunky sneakers, an outfit she has worn on set as a creative director. Worn as a top, a vest has to fit like one: armholes that don't gape and a bottom button that sits at the trouser waist, not above it. The sneakers stop the tailoring from looking serious, and a simple shoulder bag with small jewelry is all it needs.
20. Sheer Top Over a Strappy Camisole With Dark Jeans
For evening she plays with transparency without it becoming a reveal: a sheer black or lace-trimmed top over a strappy camisole or corset, with dark-rinse high-waisted jeans, heeled sandals, a compact clutch and small gold hoops. The under-layer is the real decision. Black under black sheer reads as texture; nude reads as skin, and that's a different outfit entirely. Dark denim keeps it casual enough for a birthday dinner or an evening on a terrace.
21. Camel Coat Over a Turtleneck With Flare Jeans and Ankle Boots
This is her winter uniform. An oversized camel coat in a masculine cut stays open over a fine-gauge black or cream turtleneck tucked into high-waisted flares, and heeled black ankle boots keep the flare hem off the pavement. A structured shoulder bag and gold hoops finish it. She has said she buys coats a size up because looser fits look more chic. I'd add that sizing up works best when the coat's shoulders are dropped by design; on a sharply tailored coat, one size up just looks too big, and a fine turtleneck rather than a chunky one keeps the sleeves from straining.
22. Lace Midi Skirt With a Cropped Sweater and Ballet Flats
Lace isn't only for evening with her. She wears a lace midi skirt in cream or soft black as casually as denim, with a cropped knit or fitted cardigan that stops at the natural waist and ballet flats in a matching neutral. A shoulder bag or basket keeps it daytime. Lace snags where a knit rubs against it, so I'd avoid sweaters with metal buttons or rough cables at the waist. It's a brunch or museum outfit, and the chunky-against-delicate contrast does all the work.
23. Red Cardigan With a White Tee and High-Waisted Blue Jeans
A hit of red is one of her favorite tricks, often a cardigan in scarlet, crimson, or coral worn open over a white ribbed tank, tucked into high-waisted straight blue jeans. Not every red suits every face, so I test the shade at the neckline in daylight first. Cooler skin usually does better in a blue-red like crimson, warmer skin in coral. Neutral block-heel sandals or pointed flats stay out of the way, and a snake-print or woven bag adds texture to a spring outfit built on one color.
24. Gold-Button Navy Blazer With Wide-Leg Jeans and Heels
She has a soft spot for a navy blazer with shiny gold buttons, worn open over bare skin, which moves it from office to evening. Wide-leg blue jeans, pointed heeled sandals or pumps, and gold hoops plus a fine chain that echo the buttons. Going without a top only works if the jacket closes flat, so I'd use double-sided fashion tape at the lapels and check it in a mirror while reaching forward. If the bare version isn't for you, a fine black camisole keeps the idea for dinners and dressier events.
25. Slip Dress Layered Under a Trench Coat With Mules
In cooler weather she simply throws a trench over a slip dress. Delicate silk against sturdy cotton gabardine is the contrast she likes, with the coat open and unbelted, heeled neutral mules and a basket or small leather bag. Gabardine is woven tightly enough to shed light rain, which makes this sensible for unpredictable weather. Silk water-spots, though, so belt the coat closed if it actually pours. Add red lipstick and it carries from afternoon into evening.
26. Mini Knit Dress With Tall Leather Boots
In winter she wears a mini knit dress, which she has called super easy, super comfortable, short but warm. It's typically a fine rib in black, cream or burgundy, long-sleeved with a high neck to balance the short hem, worn with tall leather boots ending just below the knee. Ribbed knits cling in the morning and grow by evening, so I'd choose one with some wool in it over a mostly synthetic rib that bags at the seat. Sheer black tights add warmth, and a structured crossbody and gold hoops keep it simple for a winter dinner.
27. Floral Dress With an Oversized Blazer and Ankle Boots
She toughens up a ditsy floral midi, wrap or slip style, with an oversized blazer in a solid neutral, worn open and pushed back on the shoulders. Chunky-heeled ankle boots make it feel urban, and ballet flats take over in warm weather. The check I make is jacket length against dress length. A blazer that ends at the upper thigh leaves enough dress showing; a longer one buries the print. A small shoulder bag and gold jewelry are enough.
28. Blue Denim Jacket With White Jeans and Red Accessories
She flips the usual denim formula with a medium-wash trucker jacket over high-waisted white straight jeans and a tucked white or striped tee. Then comes the red: a red bag, red sandals or flats, and the red lip. Her jacket stops at the waist, and that matters with white jeans, since a longer jacket chops the clean white leg in half. Buy white denim in a heavier weight too, or pocket bags and seams show through. Sunglasses and gold hoops for a sunny day.
29. Silk Blouse With Corduroy Trousers and Loafers
Texture is a quiet part of her style. An ivory or blush silk blouse, slightly open at the neck, gets loosely front-tucked into high-waisted corduroy trousers in a warm earth tone, with flat brown leather loafers, a structured shoulder bag and simple gold. Wale size changes the mood more than people expect. Fine wale reads like a work trouser, while wide wale is more casual and adds bulk at the hip, so I steer pear-shaped clients toward the finer cord. It's an autumn city outfit that looks pulled together without turning corporate.
30. White Tee With High-Waisted Jeans, a Basket Bag, and Red Lipstick
This is her down to the essentials, and I think it's her strongest look. A plain white crewneck tucked into high-waisted straight blue jeans that end just above the ankle, neither tight nor loose, with flat sandals, ballet flats or espadrilles by season. A woven basket on the shoulder, gold hoops, air-dried hair, and a red lip pressed on with the fingertips so it looks blotted rather than drawn. The tee matters more than it seems: a thin one shows every seam underneath, so I look for mid-weight cotton with a neckline that sits flat at the collarbone. It costs very little to copy, and that's the whole point.
Making Her High Rise Work on Petite, Tall and Curvy Frames
She's tall and slim, and plenty of these outfits rely on that. The ideas still translate, but the fit points move.
- Petite: crop the flares and wide legs to your own shoe, choose midi hems that land just below the knee rather than mid-calf, and keep blazers short enough to show the jeans' waistband.
- Tall: check the rise as well as the inseam. Many high-waisted jeans sit at a mid rise on a long torso, so look for long or tall rise options before you look at length.
- Curvy: wrap dresses and tie-waist styles suit you well, but jeans that fit the hip often gap at the waist. Buy for the hip and have the waistband taken in; a tailor can do it cheaply in most places, though prices vary.
Oversizing is the trickiest part. Sizing up a coat or sweater works when the extra room sits in the body and sleeves, not when the shoulders slide off yours.
Caring for Silk, Velvet and Espadrilles Between Wears
Her wardrobe leans on fabrics that need a little attention. Silk slips and blouses do best hand-washed cool, rolled in a towel rather than wrung, and pressed on low from the inside. Velvet should be steamed, never ironed flat, and hung so the pile recovers where you sat. Jute espadrille soles soak up water and can lose their shape, so keep them for dry days. Leather ankle boots and loafers need conditioning before the first wet season, and suede wants a protective spray before it meets rain at all.
Red Lip, Straight Jeans and Very Little Else
Her style holds up because it's consistent. Across these 30 outfits the same pieces keep returning: high-waisted denim, wrap dresses, men's blazers, flat shoes you can walk in, a basket bag in every season and the red lip. She built a brand on the idea that you don't need a full closet, only the right few pieces. If I were starting a client on this, I'd pick one look from the list, get the fit of its jeans or dress right, and wear it until it feels like yours rather than hers.
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