Joseph’s AW10 collection is coat and jacket heaven. I’m absolutely feeling Joseph’s take on military – luxe and minimalist in a khaki/black/tan palette. My favourite pieces…

Suede curly-haired avaitor jacket

Khaki cape with tan piping

Khaki wool bomber jacket with detachable curly-hair collar

Khaki double-breasted blazer

Oxblood leather trench (beat that Burberry)

Two-tone edge-to-edge coat (I’m seeing shades of vintage Lang and Sander here)

And I loved the handknit jacquard sweater. Reminiscent of the famous 80s Joseph knits, it was a fitting tribute to Joseph founder, Joseph Ettedgui who passed away earlier this month.

I’m not ashamed to say I’ve never met a charity T-shirt that I liked. Well actually, I lie, there was this Stella McCartney one for Comic Relief, on which she slapped a red nose on Herb Ritts’ already-iconic Madonna photo. But the rest, no thanks. So sue me.

Thankfully, Fashion Targets Breast Cancer has taken a different approach this year and hooked up with ten fashion retailers to each create a bespoke black and white piece. The money goes to Breakthrough Breast Cancer and you get an item that you like, that doesn’t have a wear-by date and is thus a moneymaker for charity and sustainable too. The range launches tomorrow so if any of these tickle your fancy, feel free to shop…

RIVER ISLAND

OLIVIA RUBIN AT MYWARDROBE.COM

RACHEL ROY AT NET-A-PORTER.COM

Now I’m curious, does anyone still wear their charity tees?

PRs need to learn that if they invite me to their showrooms I’m going to snoop around.

Spotted at Puma HQ this morning – super comfy (so I’m told, they have cushioned soles ‘n’ everything) Hussein Chalayan wedge booties …

… And the funnest suit carrier thingy I’ve ever seen hiding in the sample cupboard

Also managed to swipe the latest copy of Volt mag from the PR’s desk – j’adore this cover shot

I don’t cover a huge amount of menswear in my day-to-day life but I love having a nose when I’m at press days, purely for my own personal benefit. When I came across the strangely-named Tween menswear brand at the Four Marketing press day, it rang a vague bell. After a five minute process of elimination, we worked out that it was this FT feature I’d seen it in.

Oh wasn’t the Anya Hindmarch press day a hoot! An unassuming Belgravia pub, The Star Tavern was highjacked by the Hindmarch clan for the entire week to showcase the aw10 collection. Not content with changing its name to The Bag & Bottle (ho ho!) the team plastered the premises from top to bottom with the Anya Hindmarch name. Most genius touch? That’ll be a toss-up between the AH branded peanut packets and the Beware of Handbag Thieves sign. They even had a special appearance from darts champion Colin ‘Jaws’ Lloyd – now you don’t get one of those at your average press day…



After tucking into a portion of scampi that was several notches above your average pub grub followed by rhubarb crumble that was worth the trip alone, I finally checked out the merch.

Remember the Anya Hindmarch for Barbour news? Well the results have been revealed. As expected, it’s Barbour with a luxe twist. There are some very lovely quilted coats and jackets with the Hindmarch curved collar – super feminine while retaining their practicality. There are also coats based on the trad waxed variety with detachable fur collars and cuffs. (Please don’t let’s have a fur debate here. Thank you.) Anya loves to think on a practical level – I swear she must be a Virgo – so inside these waxed coats you will find pockets embroidered with ‘lipstick’, ‘dog and bone’ (AKA ‘phone’) and ‘coins’, and get this, the coins pocket is actually a wee detachable velvet purse. Brilliant!




Amongst all the dozens of boxy, ladylike bags in all sorts of leather, ponyskin and animal-print, I zoned in on the nylon pouches of which there is one for every type of function. Heaven for a storage freak like me…

Back to the Bag & Bottle. The pub is actually available for bookings for lunch and dinner all the way through til Friday. I can’t guarantee you’ll see Anya herself throwing darts with Mr Lloyd, but you can enjoy a game of AH dominos with your pint and pork scratchings.

I rarely do ‘OMG I Need This In My Life!’ posts but there have to be exceptions. So without further ado, OMGINTIML…

This dress (is it a dress and jacket? Or a dress-jacket combo? Who knows) is by Markus Lupfer, is just about to drop at Feathers and is perfect on so many counts. It has Breton stripes but it’s not a Breton top. Not that there’s anything wrong with Breton tops, I just bought two more Petit Bateaus yesterday. What? It’s spring, it’s the law… It’s also a short dress without being mini-mini. Would look good with a grey marl tight and a black stack-heeled knee-length boot, no? The shoulders are structured without being trophy-structured and the sleeves, oh the sleeves! I have a thing about a too-short sleeve, I just love it when you see that bit of wrist bone (is that weird?). What do we call this – watch-length? Anyway, you get the point, I’m mad about the sleeves. And finally the pockets. A dress without pockets is a waste of fabric, time, money and effort. I’m not a dress person but I love a pocket dress. I love this pocket dress. OMGINTIML. That is all.