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What to steal from Burberry AW14 menswear



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Oh goody. In amongst all the tracksuity sport-luxe that’s dominating London Menswear for AW14, Burberry brings us the silk foulard. Slung jauntily around the shoulders of biker jackets and teddybear coats, it’s not the most macho look but it’s one I really love.

My favourite was a London map-print (old style, not Google-style thankfully), which also comes on a jazzy silk shirt. My other highlights were the handpainted grained leather Caban coats (£5,500), round-shouldered camel Chesterfield coat (£2,495) and split collared Aran sweater (£1,495).

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First look: Peter Jensen pre-fall 2014



1 Peter-Jensen-Pre-Fall-2014 Ohhhh how adorable are these Peter Jensen pre-fall lookbook pics? I don’t know who Sunny von Bülow was but she seems like my type of girl – from her natty knits and sweats (absolutely need a sweatshirt with ‘Sunny’ on it in my life) to her double-strap demi-wedges and wonky wig… (more…)



One to watch: Alexis Martial at Iceberg



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Before we head into Menswear Month, here’s my tip for stealth womenswear revival of the year. Iceberg is one of those brands (like Versace, Kenzo, Moschino) which once enjoyed quite the youthful cult following. Things went off the boil for a while but now there’s a new creative director in place.

Alexis Martial (previously at Givenchy and Paco Rabanne) showed collections for SS14 and Resort 2014 that ticked a lot of ‘want list’ boxes. (more…)



Today’s the day – the Mr Porter sale is here!



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The Mr Porter international sale went live today – at last! The US sale started a few days ago but I’ve had a look and there are still some crumbs left for the rest of us.

As usual, I’ve hunted out the pieces that I think work for both guys and girls, so here’s my edit of what we can steal. Personally, I’m all about the Raf Simons knit and the LVC pocket tee. A classic cotton pocket tee is stupidly hard to come by these days so I stockpile these when I see them…

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TOP ROW L-R: Levi’s Vintage Clothing DENIM JACKET, £105 (£210); Aspesi RAINCOAT, £112.50 (£225); Raf Simons SWEATER, £171-50 (£245)

BOTTOM ROW: Kolor STRIPED SWEATER, £232.50 (£465); Levi’s Vintage Clothing POCKET TEE, £32.50 (£65); A.P.C SWEATSHIRT, £55 (£110)

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