Along with everyone else in the world, we no doubt look to Gwen Stefani for style inspo (as does our favorite lavender-haired beauty, Victoria of InTheFrow). We could name a hundred reasons why and how, but to save time, we’ll stick with our most recent- copying off Gwen’s favorite print. Oh, and if you didn’t already know this, even her kids dress better than all of us…take a moment to mourn the little loss of coolness you feel, then read on.

We recently established up-dos aren’t just for weddings and proms when we shared 15 updos for the modern cool girl, so we figured, why not look to the coolest girl of them all? Here’s a step by step tutorial of how to get this super bold, rocker-chic, Gwen Stefani-inspired up-style.