Faith & Spirit Quote by Helena Christensen

Taste, here, is less about hemlines than permission. Helena Christensen is praising “quirkly and differently” dressed people, but the operative phrase is the sigh of relief embedded in “thank god.” It frames Helena Bonham Carter not just as a style reference point, but as a cultural safety valve: proof that women can be visible without being obedient to the smooth, trend-polished ideal womenswear markets so efficiently.

Coming from a supermodel - someone whose career was built inside an industry that monetizes sameness while selling it as individuality - the endorsement has bite. Christensen’s “I like” reads casual, even chatty, yet it’s doing social work: aligning herself with eccentricity as a virtue, positioning personal style as a kind of dissent. The subtext is that mainstream womenswear still polices women into a narrow corridor: flattering, youthful, legible, “put together.” Bonham Carter becomes the anti-corridor icon, famous for outfits that flirt with costume, mismatch, and theatricality, refusing the demand to look effortlessly correct.

The context is an era when “quirky” has been both celebrated and commodified - from street-style blogs to luxury brands packaging “eccentric” as a purchasable vibe. Christensen’s choice of Bonham Carter, a public figure whose oddness doesn’t reliably translate into a clean brand template, signals a preference for the kind of difference that can’t be easily optimized for likes or sales. It’s admiration for style as personality, not performance for approval.