Madonna's W.E releases sometime next month,  it is the story of Wallis Simpson and based on the reviews, the looks of  the fashion world's most famous style icon's  has been brilliantly recreated.

"She may not have been the most beautiful woman in the world, but she could make up for it by being the best dressed" Anne Sebba.

  That Woman: A life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor by Anne Sebba (Weidenfeld and Nicolson)

"I began with my own personal ideas about style and I've never again felt correct in anything but the severe look I developed then," Simpson told her friend Fleur Cowles, the magazine editor and society hostess, in an interview for Bazaar in 1966. That pared-down, urban elegance of her early days remained her style until her death in 1986.Read more: Duchess of Windsor Fashion - Wallis Simpson Fashion - Harper's BAZAAR

Wallis understood her personal style and was able to consistently express it through her different looks, whether it was at a formal event or holidaying in the French riviera.

Elements of Wallis Simpson's personal style 

1. Always polished

2. Elegant and chic, even when casual. She was never known to be too relaxed or casual in her look, wearing even just a striped top and capri pants, always was immaculate.

3. By adding to her no-fuss looks, the quirkiness of brooches, bold leaf patterns and fun  patterns like climbing lobsters and wool-embroidered monkeys, Wallis managed to always display her bold wit and sense of fun.

Lessons to learn from this fashion icon's style

1. Understand the characteristics of your personal style well, till you are able to describe it in so many words

2. Clearly define how you would like your style personality to be seen

3. Eliminate elements in your wardrobe that are distracting you away from your desired style

4. Slowly build up from your current image to carefully craft a personal style that is unmistakably YOU.

Building your style personality definitely does not happen in a day but knowing exactly what you want and by focusing on achieving it, will eventually get you there and have fun while doing it.