Spotted at 17 while she was strolling through New York’s East Village, Chloë interns and models for the iconic Sassy magazine, becoming a true nineties poster girl. She is then chosen to be the face of X-Girl, the clothing line created by Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon – who also asks her to star in one of their videos, Sugar Kane – and stylist Daisy Von Furth in 1993. The video for the line, a blasé ode to French New Wave heroins directed by Phil Anderson, is a must-watch.

Then it all snowballed: the meeting with Harmony Korine, her first film role in Larry Clark’s Kids, the controversial sex scene with Vincent Gallo, her flourishing career in independent cinema, her clothing line with Opening Ceremony, the infamous lobster picture for Marfa Journal… and now her own book. Rizzoli New York released Chloë Sevigny in April, a 170-photo book celebrating the model/actress/it-girl’s life and style. Photos taken by high school friends, modeling shots for Miu Miu and Chloé, editorials and personal memorabilia make up the style bible, an ode to that effortless nineties chic. “I was just being myself and wearing wonky outfits and owning it,” Sevigny tells Rolling Stone. “I think over the years my playing dress-up and the fantasy – it was always about emulating something that I felt was cool.” How right you were to trust your instincts, Chloë.