Diane Keaton’s style: she dodged the stamp of the machine

<p>A world-class beauty who didn’t lead with her looks, she broke all the rules of celebrity dressing with a sunny smile</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oct/11/diane-keaton-oscar-winning-star-of-annie-hall-and-the-godfather-dies-aged-79">Diane Keaton dies aged 79</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oct/11/an-ethereally-self-aware-comedy-genius-the-loss-of-diane-keaton-is-devastating">Peter Bradshaw on Diane Keaton</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/may/05/diane-keaton-big-cars-wine-rocks-curious-hobby">Diane Keaton interviewed in 2023</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2025/oct/11/diane-keaton-a-life-in-pictures">A life in pictures</a></p></li></ul><p>Personal style is the best kind of style there is, and no one did personal style better than Diane Keaton. Her signature look was shirts and ties, snappy waistcoats and baggy trousers, an idiosyncratic version of menswear that was somehow both elegant and goofy. It was part Beau Brummell and part Charlie Chaplin. “Borrowed from the boys” does not do it justice; she made it entirely her own.</p><p>The charm of her wardrobe was that it was exactly her. She was a world-class beauty who didn’t lead with her looks. A quiet subversive who, in the most cookie-cutter of Hollywood eras, dodged the stamp of the machine and chose to live her life her own way. It was never about menswear as power dressing. With a sunny smile, she broke all the rules of celebrity dressing with the disarming sweetness and quiet intelligence that she brought to her screen personas.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oct/12/diane-keaton-style-fashion-she-dodged-the-stamp-of-the-