The personal style that makes Martha Stewart a fashion influencer, and her streetwear line – she’s turning 81 on a roll

Martha Stewart is living her best life as a bona-fide fashion influencer, not just a lifestyle guru, and counts Snoop Dogg, Justin Bieber and Drake as friends

Stewart, who turns 81 on August 3, favours neutral colours and simple silhouettes – her favourite brands include Ralph Lauren, Hermès and Brunello Cucinelli

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Martha Stewart, who counts Drake as a friend, is living her best life as she turns 81, and is a bona-fide fashion influencer. Photo: Instagram

Published: 6:15pm, 2 Aug 2022

Television personality, lifestyle guru and self-made billionaire Martha Stewart is living her best life.

Stewart, who turns 81 on August 3, has been on a roll in recent years, starring in fashion shoots, hanging out with celebrities such as rapper Snoop Dogg, Justin Bieber and Drake, and posting sexy selfies that have gone viral.

Stewart with Justin Bieber. Photo: Instagram

Stewart with looks from her Anti Social Social Club line. Photo: Instagram

She is now also an official hypebeast and has collaborated with streetwear brand Anti Social Social Club for a line that includes hoodies and T-shirts printed with cheeky photos of the doyenne seductively eating an oyster and enjoying a lobster.

Stewart is known for her impeccable taste and for decorating homes, cooking lavish meals and throwing the perfect party. Photo: Instagram

While Stewart is mainly known for her impeccable taste and for decorating homes, cooking lavish meals and throwing the perfect party, she is also a fashion maven – as these little-known facts about her fabulous life show.

Stewart as a model in her 20s. Photo: courtesy of Martha Stewart

Stewart, born Martha Kostyra, started her career in show business as a model, working for brands such as Chanel to pay her tuition fees at the prestigious Barnard College in New York, where she studied art, European history and architectural history.

When it comes to her personal style, she is a fan of neutral colours and simple silhouettes – often pairing tailored trousers with a cashmere jumper or a flowy kaftan when she is on holiday.

Her favourite designers include Ralph Rucci, Ralph Lauren, Hermès and Brunello Cucinelli, timeless brands beloved by the wealthy.

Stewart arrives at a US federal court in New York in 2004 carrying a Hermès Birkin bag. She was sentenced to five months in jail for insider trading. Photo: Getty Images

In 2004, Stewart was famously sentenced to five months in jail for insider trading after selling 4,000 ImClone shares one day before the biopharmaceutical firm’s stock price plummeted.