Before Jenna Lyons Became a RHONY, She Changed How American Women Dressed

While today’s generation may know of Jenna Lyons as the quirky yet fashionable cast member of The Real Housewives of New York City, Lyons’s sartorial fame long predates her foray into reality television. Her unique approach to getting dressed, including wearing sequins during the day and sporting denim as eveningwear, defined the way American women got dressed in the mid aughts when she was the creative director and president at J.Crew. Here, we’ve gathered some of the best J.Crew-isms that prove Lyons was her own best muse; scroll through to see how she styled the very own trends she made popular.

Sequins for Day

Thanks to Lyons, sequins became more than a nighttime essential. During her tenure at J.Crew, sequin blazers, shorts, and skirts were must-have items for the workplace.