What I love about all of Professor Imhoff’s outfits is that they’re elevated but so easy. For the majority of the film, the professor is in white jeans and a white blouse, contrasting blazer thrown on top. Sometimes she shakes it up with a neutral, contrasting sweater instead. And those lived-in leather loafers. They were the kind of shoes that fade into the background, but when you notice them, you notice them.
While the costume designer is also the head of Céline’s knitwear and thus dressed her characters in the label (among other high-fashion picks), we don’t all have thousands of dollars to drop on a Céline blazer or Totême suit. (And, truthfully, I wasn’t sure how non-tenured professors in the film would be able to, either.) So, I took the liberty of rounding up some very good, similar pieces for a fraction of the cost. Because all I want to do this fall and winter is lean into this old-money academia style.
