Meet Diane Kruger, Our Style Icon

Diane Kruger: I dressed down?

Glamour: Cardigan, button-down shirt, ballet flats.

Diane Kruger: What can I say? I don't know about style. I know about my personal style.

Glamour: But you've had exposure to a certain level of design. It's one thing to do a runway show. But Karl Lagerfeld and Francisco Costa are your friends.

Diane Kruger: I truly, genuinely like clothes. Making them is an art form, and wearing them is a form of self-expression. I find it very emotional because I can remember moments in my life—my mood, how I felt—through these clothes.

Glamour: Tell me about your personal style. If there were one Diane Kruger look, what would it be?

Diane Kruger: A well-cut dress. It's all about the cut. I love three-quarter sleeves. I definitely like it classic; less is more. The thing I despise most is vulgarity, and there's a lot of that here [in L.A.].

Glamour: But it is fun to splurge sometimes.

Diane Kruger: I couldn't agree more! The biggest fashion purchase I ever made I thought about for six years. I'm not kidding. All my life I wanted to own an Hermès Constance bag, and when I signed with Calvin Klein, I decided this was the time that I could afford it. I truly broke a sweat when I paid for it.

Glamour: On the other hand, do you go to the drugstore? What do you love there?

Diane Kruger: I think big sunglasses are great at the drugstore.

Glamour: What's your cheap thrill for clothes?

Diane Kruger: I go to Urban Outfitters. Or Forever 21—I think it's cool.

Glamour: You really don't have a stylist?

Diane Kruger: No.

Glamour: Really, truly?

Diane Kruger: Really, truly, no. Only for the Oscars or something like that, or a promotional tour for a movie when I'm traveling for six weeks and I need 25 outfits just for press days and 10 premieres. But I will tell them what I want.

Glamour: Do you have any current fashion obsessions?

Diane Kruger: I'm really into oxfords right now—really classic, with a heavy sole.

Glamour: Any favorite designers?

Diane Kruger: Chanel, for sure. Calvin. And I love Jason Wu.

Glamour: Let's talk about Josh's style. He has kicked up his look since he's been with you, don't you think?

Diane Kruger: For sure. When you are in a relationship, you want the other person to appreciate the things you like. It sounds superficial, but it's nice.

Glamour: Did you restyle him? Did you say, "Josh, pull it together"?

Diane Kruger: We go shopping. But he likes it. I definitely wasn't fond of these blue sneakers that he wore all the time for about a year and a half.

Glamour: Gone?

Diane Kruger: No. They're weekend shoes. [Laughs.] He was a hoarder, which most men are, I think. He had sneakers from when he was 15.