The loafers
The Gucci loafer is an in-crowd status symbol once more. The shoe worn by Leonardo di Caprio in Wolf of Wall Street and by Matt Damon in The Talented Mr Ripley has long been evocative of wealth and privilege: now, buoyed by the revival of the Gucci brand, the investment banking shoe of choice is suddenly cool. On the front row, fashion editors and stylists have been wearing the simple leather style – the unofficial office uniform in Net-a-Porter’s London offices – whilecelebrities and Instagram stars choose the fringed, metallic and logo-ed versions.
The frayed-hem jeans
Not rips at the knees, but a raw edge at the hem of your jeans - which must sit two inches above the ankle bone. The current holy grail of every fashion week wardrobe is a pair of Vetements jeans, each made from two pairs of vintage jeans cut and pasted into a odd-but-flattering shape with a distinctive frayed hem, cut higher at the front of the leg than the back. At £790, they are sold out. The new Wedgie women’s jean by Levis also features a frayed hem; expect the bi-level ‘mullet’ hemmed jean to hit the high street soon.
The high-rise polo neck
The reign of the polo neck continues. It has been snowing in Paris this week, and a fine weave poloneck is the frow-acceptable equivalent of a thermal vest, worn as a base layer to facilitate otherwise impractical spring items such as the spaghetti strap slip dress. To take it to a new level, this season’s show goers are wearing a high neck straight up, without folding it over, so that it almost reaches the wearer’s mouth – see Victoria Beckham’s post-show bow in New York for the look – or doubling up, with a fitted poloneck in a contrast colour worn under a loose funnel neck.
The flat white
What began as a coffee trend is now the only footwear giving the Gucci loafer a run for its money. A skin-toned court shoe was once what a fashion editor packed for the shows, because it went with every outfit: now, it’s a flat white trainer. The classic Stan Smith shape - in other words pebble-smooth and solid, with one-level sole and a downward curving toe, rather than the tilted sole and uplifted toe of a running trainer - remains the benchmark here.
The alpha athleisure look
Cult hoodies, designer tracksuit bottoms: athleisure is happening on the front row in a major way. Essentially, the look is about fusing your gym kit with your party clothes: see, for inspo, Kanye West on the front row at Balmain, wearing a grey hoodie under a pearl bomber jacket. The “tarot card reader who has borrowed her plumber’s sweatshirt while he fixes the boiler” look - a long chiffon skirt with a hooded sweatshirt - is very now, as is a pair of loose tracksuit trousers worn casually with Gucci loafers.
Reference source:theguardian
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