She is young and sweet and beautiful," Marc Jacobs has said. "The epitome of this girl I fantasize of." No prizes for guessing that the designer was talking about Sofia Coppola, the friend and muse who appeared naked—all bee-stung lips and imperfect, crooked nose—in an ad for his signature fragrance, Blush. This fall, the girl who professes indifference to the publicity machine will again be exposed to the spotlight's glare as she releases her stylized biopic, Marie Antoinette. Like her previous movies, The Virgin Suicides and the Oscar-winning Lost in Translation, it's a coming-of-age story—one that was filmed at Versailles, stars American actors, and features a soundtrack by Bow Wow Wow and New Order. Critics at Cannes were divided, but judging from the recent Dior and Chanel couture collections, the film's fashion influence has already been felt.
On set, Coppola sports a tomboy's jeans and designer sweaters; off, she wears girlish clothes that perfectly suit her gamine-like frame—baby-doll dresses, ballerina flats, and when the Academy calls, a Marc Jacobs column gown. But there's no doubt that this famous Hollywood offspring, and regular on Vogue's Best-Dressed List, is all grown up. Following the release of her film this fall, Coppola will add another title to her resume: mother. She's expecting her first baby, with Thomas Mars of the French indie-rock band, Phoenix, in November.
—Sarah Cristobal
Four-year-old Sofia sits on the lap of her father, Francis Ford Coppola, at the New York premiere of The Godfather: Part II, in 1974.
In 1979, Sofia rides on her father's shoulders at the Cannes Film Festival.
Coppola, as Mary Corleone, dances with the Godfather, Al Pacino, in the trilogy's final installment, 1990.
In character as Mary Corleone from The Godfather: Part III, in 1990.
Director-in-training, Coppola wields a camera at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.
Four years later: The young auteur directs Kirsten Dunst in her big-screen adaptation of Jeffrey Eugenides's The Virgin Suicides.
Friends with benefits: Coppola poses poolside for a Marc Jacobs fragrance ad photographed by Juergen Teller in 2002.
And the winner is…. Coppola, in a Marc Jacobs dress, takes home the "Best Screenplay" Oscar for 2004's Lost in Translation.
Mario Testino shot Coppola with her BFF, Jacobs, for Vogue's February 2004 issue.
Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin photographed Coppola in Dior Homme's le smoking.
Coppola, in a dress by Balmain, with boyfriend Thomas Mars, lead singer of the French band Phoenix, at the AmFAR party at the 59th Cannes Film Festival in May.
source: style.com