This spring, it’s all about DRESSING DOWN in order to dress up as MIROSLAVA DUMA so effortlessly demonstrated at NEW YORK FASHION WEEK. Here’s how to pull it off in style …
Is this what success looks like? Is it lifestyle guru and fashion consultant Yasmin Sewell, tricked out in natty print, super-skinny blazer and jaunty hat, super-self-styled with belt and pushed-up sleeves? Or hot digital fashion entrepreneur Miroslava Duma, late of Vogue Russia, in jeans, white tee and bucket bag? If you anwered A or B … well, you’d be right on both counts.
After years of primping and preening and posing, Duma feels confident enough to wear to Fashion Week the sort of outfit we might wear to pop to Lidl (okay, maybe not the cool white shoes). Yves Saint Laurent described blue jeans as “the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant …”
It’s the old confidence trick: If you’re in control of your style, and your destiny, everything looks good on you. Just avoid sweatpants outside the gym. In the words of Karl Lagerfeld: “Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants.”
For clothes for grocery shopping and/or leading a digital revolution, see below.
1. Gold Rosslyn neckpiece, €30; www.myshiningarmour.com.
2. Lux Volume Mousse, Show beauty, €35, at Harvey Nichols.
3. Blue floral shirt dress, €24.99, at H&M.
4. Tan leather belt, Isabel Marant, €80; www.net-a-porter.com.
5. Eau de rhubarbe écarlate cologne, Hermès, €92, at Brown Thomas.
6. Birds doodle notebook, Diptyque, £12stg; www.liberty.co.uk.
7. Blue Straight denim jeans, €55, at Topshop.
8. White Christy lizard-effect leather shoes, Aquazzura, €525; www.net-a-porter.com.
Image by Jason Lloyd Evans
This article appeared in a previous issue, for more features like this, don’t miss our April issue, out Thursday April 7.
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