Jennifer Aniston is one of those women who always seems to get press for the wrong reasons: she’s in her 40s and single, she doesn’t have as many babies as Angelina Jolie (I for one, do not understand Jolie-mania — I don’t find her any more beautiful or talented than the rest of the A-list crowd), she got divorced (gasp!), she keeps making terrible movies, she’s in a style/fashion rut, etc.

I kind of don’t get it. I mean sure, she’s made some bad choices – John Mayer, really? – and her movie success doesn’t seem nearly as great as her TV success (The Bounty Hunter looks awful), but other than that, she seems pretty fabulous. She has an established circle of girlfriends that includes Courteney Cox and Sheryl Crow, a gorgeous home that keeps getting featured in design and architecture magazines, the world’s best hair and gazillions of dollars. She also spends a lot of time at the beach, which must be nice. She gets a lot of flack for her style; fashion blogs often complain that she’s in a rut. But I think she has just found a look that suits her body and her life and sticks with it. And there’s nothing wrong with that. She has perfected a minimalist, beachy, California-cool look that I quite like – if I had her body (and her tan), I would certainly emulate her style.

Apparently I’m not the only one who thinks so, because People.com is featuring a slideshow of her 10 style essentials, all of which I quite like. Clean lines, minis, classic jeans (thank goodness she eschews the distressed trend that is taking over the rest of Hollywood), scarves, cool jackets and interesting jewelry. If that’s a rut, then I’m going to start digging my own.

Take a peek at the slideshow and then come back and let me know what you think of Aniston’s fashion choices.