Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion
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What I wore this week: socks as a fashion statementA ribbed sock and a chunky sandal has been a niche fashion-nerd trend for a while. Now it’s gone mass
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What I wore this week: three colours togetherThis is how fashion’s A-star students virtuoso-signal their brilliance
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What I wore this week: a sweatshirt tucked into jeansI’m not going to lie, this one is a challenge. I tried a style I’d seen on Miranda Kerr. I looked like Napoleon Dynamite
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What I wore this week: a tomboy dressThis is a season when women who don’t necessarily normally do dresses can do dresses
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What I wore this week: the wide-leg trouserYou don’t have to be as tall as Karlie Kloss to pull off wide-leg trousers (but it helps)
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What I wore this week: kitten heelsYes, the kitten heel is back – but how do you avoid looking like an early noughties throwback?
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What I wore this week: statement sleevesThe new sleeve cuts through the white noise of endless versions of clothes we already have
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What I wore this week: a yellow dressThe yellow dress is to the millennials of our uncertain times what red lipstick was to the women of the Blitz
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What I wore this week: a trenchcoatThe dream is to wear a loose trench over loose separates, and to make it look airy in a bold, uncluttered, modern way
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What I wore this week: a naval jacketThe abbreviated shape looks more modern with trousers than a hip-length blazer, and adds briskness worn over dresses
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What I wore this week: zebra printThe taming of leopard print has left a gap in our wardrobe for a look that is deliberately attention-seeking
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What I wore this week: over-the-knee bootsOver-the-knee boots have been gentrified. They are for fashion, not for pulling
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What I wore this week: the white polo neckThe challenge is to avoid the fondue-eating, orange-casserole-dish retro associations
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What I wore this week: the mermaid skirt‘Christmas Eve deserves star treatment. It is a night to bring the glamour’
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What I wore this week: the cold-shoulder party dressPreviews of next year’s collections make it clear that it will rule 2017 as well
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What I wore this week: jeans and a going-out topJeans have climbed back up the food chain, from being clothes for a Monday off to clothes for a Saturday night out
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What I wore this week: silver shoesSilver shoes are my version of red lipstick: just impractical enough to lighten the mood, without causing any problems
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What I wore this week: a tracksuit top under a coatSportswear integrated into your ‘smart’ wardrobe has been a theme in style for a while now, and this is the logical next step
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What I wore this week: a midi skirtThe midi skirt, like a good pair of black trousers, is relaxed without being scruffy
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What I wore this week: a slip dress over a jumperThis is the autumnal equivalent of the white T-shirt under a slip dress
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What I wore this week: velvetThis glorious fabric has been a feature of every catwalk season since 2013
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What I wore this week: the updated power dressThe dress to wear when you want to be taken seriously is not what you think it is
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What I wore this week: super sleevesA change in proportions is the most eyecatching way to reset the needle on your look. A super sleeve is any sleeve which is knuckle-grazing or extravagantly shaped
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Retail to runway: what happens when clothes are sold direct from the catwalk?In a want-it-have-it world, the six-month lag between the shows and the shops feels outdated. But are fashion houses ready for a See Now, Buy Now revolution in the way they work?
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What I wore this week: the super-powered padded coatIt looks like the coat you grab off the rack to walk the dog, but it is, in fact, the coat those in the know will wear to fashion week
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What I wore this week: a pinafore dressThe trends that fly in September are always the ones closest in spirit to back to school
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What I wore this week: bomber jacketThis bomber jacket made me come over a bit Italian rally car driver
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What I wore this week: the athleisure necklineThe shape is high at the neck but scooped at the sides, like a racer-back vest
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What I wore this week: a mega-frillA ruffle the width of a ribbon is apologetic and domestic, like piping on a cake. A mega-frill is anything but
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What I wore this week: pale all overWhat you do is pick a pale shade and wear more or less the same colour from top to toe. Including shoes and coat: that part is important
What I wore this week: elevated shirts