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Tweed is one trend that never really disappears and always has a presence in our wardrobes whether it be a hat or jacket.
However, this season it’s taking centre stage thanks to the likes of Celine and Jean Paul Gaultier who both made this fabric a main look in their A/W 2011 collections.
One piece that’s hot on the highstreet this season is the chic tweed jacket, and it’s good news for those looking to go for a modern look thanks to the huge range of cute tweed shorts and shoes.
For those wishing to look a little bit more classic and give a nod to Downton Abbey a double breasted equestrian style blazer is a great option.
Below are our top five Tweed must haves. Just click to buy.
We were happily surprised to see this photograph of Madam Gaga’s take on Autumn/Winter’s 1940s-inspired ladylike trend (pictured above) – she’s been seen spotted out in NYC in a head-to-toe houndstooth Salvatore Ferragamo ensemble nipped in at the waist for a vintage feel. When the first lady of quirky fashion is all over a trend, you know it’s time to get in on the action.
Naturally we wouldn’t recommend you tackle the trend in quite the same way as Gaga, who unsurprisingly added a few of her bizarre fashion twists to make the look her own. She may be able to wear houndstooth sunglasses, but thats because she has minders to walk her everywhere – attempt that particular accessory and you will walk into a wall. The rest of it though is a solid look, and we’ve compiled a gallery of our favourite affordable ladylike pieces on the high street.
This trend is all about the feminine silhouette and opulent fabrics such as silk and brocade – perfect for girls who have a good waist. Belted tweed blazers, silk pussybow blouses and ladylike costume jewellery are an easy way to wear the trend and could be worn either in the day or the night.
What do you think of Gaga’s new look? Do you love it, or prefer her more risqué style? Let us know in the comments below, and check out the gallery above so that you can steal her style.
By Emily Borrett.
It’s been a flurry of big names scheduled to show their collections over the past few days, and as Paris Fashion Week nonchalantly draws to a close we have to say that Yves Saint Laurent have been one of our favourites. With a front row collection of stars such as Ronnie Wood, Jane Birkin and Lou Doillon, the atmosphere was already so cool that it didn’t matter if the clothes were any good or not – but any road, they were better than good. They were brilliant.
Much like Galliano’s show earlier this week, Miss Marple-esque tweed skirt suits and fur muffs were present again in the YSL show, nipping in waists and demurely falling above the knee for an outcome that managed to be both vampish and demure. If you’re looking for a good indication of what sort of outerwear to be looking out for once summer has been and gone, look no further than this collection for a strokeable assortment of sharp double-breasted paddington-style coats, which, if you can afford it, will look incredible dressed down with skinny jeans come winter.
Though on first appearances the whole collection may have seemed rather prim, take a second look and check out the PVC and studded detailing around coat collars and necklines, and gold chains used as adornments for dresses and shoes. We absolutely fell in love with the fashion house’s sharp, boxy PVC sleeveless jacket, which managed to give a nod to both the golden age of punk and the possible future of fashion. We love.
Check out the gallery above to see the rest of the photos from the YSL show.
By Emily Borrett.
Tommy Hilfiger, one of the USA’s biggest and most iconic fashion brands, showed at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week yesterday. The result was a surprisingly pleasing mix of Annie Hall-esque androgyny and 1970s glamour, with a bit of New York grit thrown in for measure. Much like in Alexander Wang’s catwalk show, fur and leather were key in adding sexy and feminine twists to masculine tailoring.
Anyone who’s seen the Woody Allen classic Annie Hall will remember the endearingly sloppy trouser suit and waistcoat that Diane Keaton wore when she fell in love with Woody Allen – like a small frail girl dressing up like a man. Tommy Hilfiger have perfectly modernised that look, creating loose, low-waisted suit trousers and masculine suit jackets in lush-looking twills, adding flashes of riotous 70s-looking silk here and there to add a witty twist. The result is effortless – as if the models, panicking about having nothing to wear, just slung on their boyfriends’ suits and suddenly though “Hey, this looks pretty good”. There is nothing contrived about this collection at all.
The fashion house have managed to seamlessly blur the line between formalwear and sportswear, mixing slouchy sweatshirts and beautifully knitted men’s jumpers with fur gilets, suit trousers and leather. Our absolute favourite piece from the whole collection is the stone-coloured suede outdoor jacket with leather lapels – a genius take on old-fashioned outdoors wear, every girl will want one of these to brave the cold in, whether you’re in New York or Grimsby.
Yes, tailoring has been a big trend for a while, but not quite like this – Tommy Hilfiger’s 2011-12 collection takes masculine dressing to another level. The fashion house has taken the next logical step from reinventing the tuxedo as a feminine garment to bringing Saville Row dressing to the female market. In fashion, it’s never just a man’s world. In a subtly cool palette of greys, blacks, browns and golds, it’s an understated assortment of clothes that we think will give any wearer immediate elegance and poise.
Forget cocktail dresses – make our next party outfit a Tommy Hilfiger suit.
By Emily Borrett.
All the hardcore fashion lovers which have flocked to Paris Couture Week for some extraordinary sights were waiting with baited breath yesterday to see what Euro-genius Karl Lagerfeld had come up with this time for the Chanel runway. And when your past shows have featured models tumbling sexily around in a barn full of hay and girls stomping around a melting ice-cap in swathes of fur, you’ve got a lot to live up to. Luckily Karl didn’t let us down.
There were plenty of the timeless silhouettes that we’ve come to love and expect from France’s most beloved luxury brand – but this time, there were a few wry twists that let us know that Lagerfeld doesn’t intend to play it safe when it comes to design. The classic black-and-white fringed, distressed tweeds that have been so en vogue in Chanel’s designs were given an update by being teamed with tougher fabrics – a classic example being the beautifully cut monochrome blazer that was sent down the catwalk teamed up with a pair of sheeny black sequined trousers and flat shoes. More bad girl than Parisian lady-in-waiting, non?
Pastel colours were also a key theme for the brand this season, with funnel-necked little jackets and tailored trousers being shown in shades of sugared violet and pale peach. An unexpected turn for the fashion house, which has always favoured its’ fabrics in classic black, greys and whites, but by golly it works. Adorned in crystal fastenings and shining trims, we hope that Karl’s new approach to outerwear will translate onto the high-street later this year. Could pastels overtake camel?
Mr. Lagerfeld has clearly also been taking peeks at the likes of Marchesa lately, as we saw more than a hint of the frou-frou in his dressier designs. Babydoll silhouttes, midi-hemlines and puff-sleeves were given the extra fashion oomph with an absolutely insane explosion of gathered, ruffled chiffon which gave the eveningwear a playful, princess-esque feel. We’re not sure if us normies could pull it off, but if Asos reproduce a forty-quid version then we’ll damn well give it a try.
Our verdict on the Chanel show? Karl Lagerfeld has pulled yet another rabbit out of his Swarovski-encrusted hat. He must have a whole field of them by now.
By Emily Borrett.
There’s a new face of British style at the moment that’s been getting a lot of respect from all the major fashion magazines, and that is the dishevelled singer Coco Sumner, daughter of Sting and frontwoman of British band I Blame Coco. The fact that she comes from good musical stock has been a good starting point for Coco’s musical career, but what has really caught the public’s eye is her boyish, tweedy public-school style that is a refreshing change from all the micro-mini dresses and big hair that so many celebrities seem to favour in public. In fact, the girl doesn’t look like she brushes her hair at all. We like her.
To copy her style entirely you’re better off if you’ve got a leggy, boyish figure, though if you’re a more curvy shape it’s still easy to integrate a bit of her British Heritage look into your wardrobe. If you’ve got the figure, you can go the whole hog with the teeny-tiny shorts she’s never seen out of teamed up with old-school Oxford brogues and ankle socks for the “Eton boy” look. Alternatively, if you don’t think you’ve got the pins for it, you can easily get Coco’d by just wearing a tweed blazer with elbow patches and scruffing up your hair before you leave the house.
The best places to buy boyish Oxford-style pieces are traditional stores such as Barbour and Hobbs London, though obviously if you haven’t got the budget of a rockstar’s daughter you can’t afford to kit yourself out from head to toe in these stores. Alternatively, you can buy some authentic vintage pieces and accessories (Coco loves her briefcases and men’s suitcases – who needs a purse?) for a fraction of the price in vintage stalls, shops and online at Ebay. Check the gallery above for some of the best Coco-style clothes online.
Whenever a hot celebrity hits the London streets we get a little tingle of excitement so imagine how we felt when we spotted Drew Barrymore in Covent Garden last night.
The starlet left her hotel to go and meet friends in a casual outfit consisting of ripped jeans, a sheer top and an on-trend biker jacket. She completed the dress down look with lose wavy hair a statement necklace and funky punk belt.
Earlier that day we also spotted Nicola Roberts channelling the A/W aviation jacket must-have, which she teamed up with a tweed skirt.
The Trilby has made a huge stand this season, appearing at festivals, on the beach and of course on the average day of shopping.
And it’s good news for those of you mad about hats because this little accessory is making its way straight into A/W season.
Trilbys were huge on the A/W catwalks with designers such as Vivienne Westwood showing these off, however, if you think you can get away with wearing the straw one from the summer then think again, because next season it’s all about tweed, heavy fabrics and accessories (think brooches).
This Trilby gem from Topshop is a great example of what you should be sporting, encompassing the winter must have colour, camel, and hinting at the 50s with a cute feather detailing. We think it’s a bargain at £25.
Nanette Lepore sent a pretty, wearable, if a bit generic fall collection down the runway yesterday. Don’t get us wrong, we’d be over-the-moon to have a closet full of her girly dresses and feminine-detailed tweed suits and separates. But, they’re just not as thrilling on the runway where we expect a bit more innovation and creativity. Plus, being a more real life collection, some of her extreme high waist pants and skirts were very models only need apply.
This season we should gather ’round and celebrate the return of classic sportswear. From plaids to tweeds to camel hair we have good reason to be picking through old clothes and consignment shops! You can get a headstart with the basics by shopping for a tweed suit or plaid skirt–both easy pieces to start with. But in staying sexy, keep accompanying pieces minimal so your look stays feminine and sweet.
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