Sofia Coppola, Cosmopolitan Icon

Sofia Coppola's sphere of influence has spread far beyond film narrative and cinematic style. It has stretched to fashion, home design, personal style, pop music and even tourism and opera. Coppola straddles multiple social realms and cultural meanings. They range from the milieu of the New York indie-rock scene to Californian wine culture (Francis Ford Coppola dedicated two wines from his Napa Valley estate to his daughter). They include the early success of her Milkfed fashion collection in Tokyo and her interactions with Japanese artists to her liaisons with French and Italian fashion designers. They embrace polarities such as being a photographer and being photographed by famous professionals. They touch on multiple cultural capitals—New York, Los Angeles, Paris and Tokyo. All these realms are showcased in an autobiographical narrative and highlighted in her work. The overall effect is a bending of genres, media and cultural environments to her trademark personality as an icon of unfussy elegance, femininity and class, a status measured by her appearances at galas and official occasions, but also by her Hollywood pedigree.