Gentlewoman style: COS pre-fall 2023

COS pre-fall* has landed and it hits the mark of lightweight polo knits, boxy outerwear and plenty of denim. Came for Greta Hofer (above, my short hair and brow muse) and stayed for the double face wool jacket* and Mary-Jane flats*.

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WORDS: Disneyrollergirl / Navaz Batliwalla
IMAGES: COS pre-fall 2023
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12 May, 2023

Shop the post: the linen edit

Nili Lotan ss23

It’s beginning to feel a lot like… linen season.

I’m thinking crease-front cream trousers, Bermuda shorts and of course, what would summer be without a marquee-sized linen shirt? (more…)

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3 March, 2023

Let them wear blankets

Saint Laurent aw23

At the risk of sounding trite, the humble blanket has stepped up as a metaphor of our times and a recurring motif at the AW23 shows. A symbol of post-Covid comfort and tactility as well as warmth (the UK energy crisis continues) and survival (another day, another earthquake), we just can’t be separated from our security blankets.

Styling wise, they appeared as travel accessories in the menswear shows (more…)

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8 September, 2022

Buy it now: Floopy sweaters

COS undyed cashmere sweater

After writing about ‘floopy Birkins‘ (tbh I’m still not sure if this was a typo and meant to say ‘floppy’ but I like ‘floopy‘). I just clocked this floopy, droopy sweater from COS* (above).

~~Slouchy~~ floopy sweaters are not as easy to come by as you think. It’s not always enough to just size up. Sometimes that means the neck is too wide and the sleeves are too long. A properly floopy sweater needs to be deliberately cut wide and ideally have a thick ribbed hem so you can tuck it in with enough extra to hang generously and ‘effortlessly’ (guess what – it’s never effortless) over the waistband. And sleeves that are roomy enough to push up with plentiful folds, especially when layered over a shirt. (more…)