Selma Blair is Gap's new style icon (ours too)

T.S. Eliot may have measured his life in teaspoons, but millennial girls do it in Selma Blair movies.

We entered high school as she appeared on the big screen in Cruel Intentions; we graduated when she got her law degree in Legally Blonde. Our first thongs were inspired by her Sweetest Thing sexcapades; we copied his Hellboy scowl when (annoyingly) catcalled at the gym. We also copied her style: the shiny leather jacket from her Chanel campaign, the peek-a-boo black lace from her Miu Miu ads, the swingy Marc Jacobs bag (named "The Selma", of course) that she paired with simple tank tops. and jeans. And we rooted for her - constantly, compulsively, always - when she revealed her struggles with multiple sclerosis via her (very good) autobiography Mean Baby > and the documentary series Introducing Selma Blair.

This month, Blair unveils yet another role—