What we’re wearing to the fashion week shows
Feminine but quirky
That’s me, that is, on the left. I wish. I don’t own this Jonathan Saunders outfit, more’s the berlin film festival ends canada goose jacket sponsorship amid pity, I couldn’t walk in those shoes and that hairstyle gives me a headache just looking at it. That model is 17 years old and dressed for a 15-minute parade; I am two decades older and dressing for a long day at work. But all of that is beside the point.
What I loved about this outfit when I saw it on the catwalk back in February was the tone it sets. It is colourful but cool at the same time; vibrant but controlled. Feminine and modern and strict and a bit quirky.
So my thinking goes something like this. I love the burgundy on the catwalk, but on us norms a below-the-knee skirt in that colour is pure frumpville. So instead I’ve got some skinny bordeaux-coloured cords from Gap, which I am planning to wear with an emerald green cropped sweater. And I’ve bought a gold-zip-all-the-way-up black pencil skirt from Zara to wear can i wash my canada goose jacket with my silk shirts, which I am going to utility-up with a neat sleeve-roll best canada goose jacket for women and a full button-up.
For catwalk-side seats, you need an outfit that says: got the autumn/winter memo, am all over it, what’s next? You can do this by wearing the designer of the moment, head-to-toe, but this is very expensive and, being overly literal, not all that appropriate if your job is to interpret what you see on the catwalk into a message and a sensibility. The one thing you can’t do is opt out entirely. If you cover fashion for a living, you can’t very well pretend that what you wear doesn’t matter. Jess Cartner-Morley
Statement jumper
I’m taking London fashion week one statement jumper at a time. The promotion of jumpers from chorus line to front of stage is, I reckon, fashion’s sweetest move this season. Warm, practical and on trend. It’s the sort of skin-of-your-teeth-just-about-passes-for-a look dressing that even the lazy girls in the class can handle. At the shows in February I admired several designers’ jumpers with a capital J and I made a mental note to buy one posh one and a couple of high-street standouts. Netaporter. Asos. Zara. Job done.
But you can’t just plonk one on and hope for the best. If you’re going for something fuzzy, like this mohair block-colour one from Joseph (it has lovely navy arms too – pity you can’t see them) you’ve got to commit to some strict tailoring below. To wit, I’ll be wearing slim wool trousers – Uniqlo’s brilliant +J ones and a pair I have triumphantly found in M&S – because frankly I don’t have the stomach or the thighs for the shorts and ski-pants combo that the model here is wearing. Besides, masculine lines are also a thing this season.
The long tailored coat and the court shoes are the details that sharpen up this jumper. I’ll definitely polish up an old pair of smallish heels in the hope of a similar effect but sadly I’ll have to swerve the best ideas about canada goose parka on pinterest heavy coat for now. Fashion shows can be hot and squashy places to work in and sweat beads aren’t my idea of a chic accessory. Imogen Fox
Colourful trousers
No, I haven’t gone mad and decided that red leather trousers are a realistic work look, even if that work is covering fashion shows. The point of the red is that I am into the idea of warding off winter with colourful trousers, as seen on the autumn catwalks of Jil Sander and Acne. It’s a look that is set to morph into all manner of fancy male cocktail trousers for spring 2012 too, so it’s a trend with long-term legs. And yes, basically it’s a way of busting out of jeans. My current favourite pair are chinos in Colman’s mustard yellow from Gap.
I also best canada goose jacket for skiing love this Balenciaga outfit for its styling nuances – a favourite part buy canada goose jacket nyc of my job is to pick up on such things during can you wash a canada goose jacket in the washer the shows. This look balances sporty with preppy while the loud trousers get a modern lick with trainers. I’ve just added some boozy-hued (and comfy) New Balance to a pile of bright Nikes. The heat of the trousers is also made more wearable with a plain coat and rollneck, and besides I’ve already got best ideas about canada goose parka on pinterest a couple of short dark jackets in my wardrobe that I can make work for this look.
Jumpers are big fashion news this autumn and while I’ll try a roll-neck, experience tells me that it’s going to rip on the facial hair and get a bit sweaty under the show lights. Instead kids, I’m plotting cable crews, striped mohair and a very nice mossy green slash-neck from Cos. Simon Chilvers