The TIME Women of 2022 Best Look

In 1920, TIME Magazine began a project that highlighted 100 influential women. The project was the magazine’s way of correcting the injustice done to women by only publishing the Man of the Year Issue. Interestingly, TIME began this acknowledgment the same year that the 19th Amendment was ratified, giving women the right to vote. For 2022, the magazine chose 14 women to celebrate. This month is Women’s History Month; read about the influential women of our year.

Amal Clooney is well known for being the wife of George Clooney. However, she is also a lawyer who advocates for journalists and women.

“I’m responding to what I see happening in the world. A world where the guilty are free, and the innocent are imprisoned—where the human-rights abusers are free, and those who report on the abuses are locked up. As a lawyer, I can do something about that. Or I can at least try. So my work is focused on trying to help liberate victims and prosecute perpetrators—and by extension, our foundation’s work is trying to really do that at scale and globally,” Amal Clooney said in an interview with TIME Magazine.

Amal was seen in New York City in 2018 with this brown leather trench coat, tan plaid pants, black top, and a tan heel. This look is still popular and could have been seen in the fall of 2021.

Known for her Inauguration Day speech, Amanda Gorman was a shoo-in for a woman’s acknowledgment in 2022. Her poetry has touched many, and her devotion to social justice inspires countless women and men alike. She combats the idea of femininity being something undesirable or something to be shunned. Instead, she shares her appreciation of femininity in her writings and presentations.

“For there is always light if only we are brave enough to see it if only we are brave enough to be it,” Gorman said in her Inauguration speech.

And, of course, we had to mention her Inauguration outfit. Her Prada headband and yellow coat have become a symbol of hope and societal improvement.

Zahra Joya is the founder of Rukhshana Media and is one of few female journalists in Afghanistan. When the Taliban took back power in 2021, she was forced to evacuate to London. Despite her absence, she and her fellow female journalists report about female Afghan struggles.

“We don’t do simple journalism these days,” Joya said. “We are trying to write for our freedom.”

Joya is wearing a vibrant blue shemagh, the traditional Afghan head wrap, and a beautifully embroidered black and tan dress.

Tracy Chou started her career as an intern working for Facebook and Google. She also worked at Pinterest and Quora. While at Quora, she found out that women using the site were being asked misogynistic questions. Chou wanted to stop the abuse and created Project Include, which strives to make the tech industry more inclusive. Additionally, she coded the app Block Party, which filters out possible abusive tweets or Twitter accounts.

“I think a big aspect of it is gender and race, where most women have had to deal with harassment throughout their lives,” Chou told TIME Magazine. “We have a very different conception around safety.”

Chou is seen wearing a Calvin Klein Collection Trench Coat paired with black and white sandals.

The British midwife, Jennie Joseph, currently lives in Florida and is combatting the Black maternal mortality crisis by training more Black women to become midwives.

Photo from Black Health and Healing Summit

Kerry Washington is a well-known actress and producer, but she is also dedicated to using her celebrity status to aid political activism. She was active in Stacey Abrams’ campaign for governor of Georgia and spoke at the 2017 Women’s March. In addition, Washington helped create the Vision Into Power Cohort, which supports grassroots organizations and builds confidence in marginalized communities. Another passion of hers is to support women's startup businesses. Washington also started her own production company, Simpson Street.

“The most effective use of my microphone is handing it to women and marginalized people,” Washington tells TIME Magazine.

Washington is in the Sally LaPoint Cropped Bell-Sleeve Jumper, Casadei Decollete Blade Pumps, and Jennifer Fisher Hoop Earrings.

The singer-songwriter Kacey Musgraves feels empowered to write “honest music.” Songs like “Follow Your Arrow,” “Family Is Family,” and “Biscuits” discuss how you should live your life how you want to and acknowledge how difficult life can be. Her music reaches all ages and can convey important messages that all members of society need to hear.

“It always makes it easier to put vulnerable thoughts out there when you know they’re going to be met with connection,” Musgraves told TIME Magazine.

Musgraves is in a Calvin Klein coat with Irene Neuwirth Jewelry, Bedford Street Laundry socks, and Stuart Weitzman shoes at Variety’s Power of Women New York luncheon.

Allyson Felix, an American track and field Olympic athlete, created a women’s lifestyle brand right before competing in 2021. Her company creates apparel for women and employs women. She had the idea of Saysh when Nike wanted to pay her 70% less after she had her baby. She called out Nike on this inequitable practice and advocates for women in her company Saysh.

“When you speak your truth, things happen,” Felix said. “You draw power from one another.”

Felix posed for Vogue in this neutral outfit to promote her new shoe brand Saysh.

Adena Friedman believes that success in capitalism is not as accessible as it should be for too many people. According to TIME Magazine, less than 3% of venture capital in the U.S. goes to women-led companies and only 1% to Black and Latinx founders. She joined Nasdaq as an intern in 1993 to be part of capital becoming more accessible.

“Capitalism, by its nature, gives the greatest opportunity to unlock human potential,” Friedman said. “But you have to make sure that system is available to everyone.

Friedman is seen in a black and tan blazer, which is the perfect boardroom look.

Amanda Nguyen stands up and defends sexually assaulted women through her organization Rise. According to TIME Magazine, Rise is “a nonprofit that seeks to legally empower victims of sexual assault.” Nguyen’s work has helped pass over 25 federal and state laws that help provide rape kits for sexual abuse victims. Nguyen was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019.

Nguyen is wearing a Suzanne McClelland and Alix Pearlstein dress which is covered in the words of the federal Survivors’ Bill of Rights.

Michaela Jaé Rodriguez is the first transgender actress to win Best Actress at the Golden Globe Awards. She was also nominated for an Emmy for her role in the series Pose and has recently been in Tick Tick Boom! Rodriguez has become a symbol of inclusivity for Latinas and transgender people.

Rodriguez wore this Versace dress at the 73rd Emmy’s, where she won Best Actress.

American lawyer, law professor, and NAACP director-counsel of the Legal Defense Fund Sherrilyn Ifill completes the 12 women chosen for the Women of 2022. During recent civil unrest incidents and protests against police violence, her leadership was unwavering.

Glamour Magazine reported, “[she is an] unrelenting champion with a stellar reputation among civil rights leaders.”

Ifill is dressed in a matching yellow top and blazer paired with gold hoop earrings and black pants.

All 12 of these women are incredibly inspirational. We hope this helps you celebrate Women’s History Month and all of the women in your life!