![]() How did the world’s most hated font end up on a beloved brand? When Balenciaga put unreconstructed officewear (think boxy suiting and oversized jackets) on its SS19 catwalk, Demna Gvasalia added the logo recast in different Microsoft Word fonts, including the much derided Comic Sans. LHĪ model rocks Comic Sans at the Balenciaga show. ![]() This season, with knitwear, twinning is winning. Tory Burch gave it a weekend-retreat update with a slouchy orange ensemble, while Miu Miu mismatched a cropped striped sweater with teeny grey cardigan, channelling shrunk-in-the-wash chic. APC went hands-free with a sugar-pink set buttoned at the neck, then draped. Instead, Marc Jacobs tapped into the look’s 40s origins by styling his mint green twinset with lattice gloves and a choker corsage. ![]() Twinsets have shrugged off their Sloane Ranger reputation and returned for SS19 – without the pearls, proving their appeal lies not in twee costume party nostalgia or a desire to look like Mad Men’s Betty Draper. MF When two become one: how twinsets took over the catwalk What’s behind it? Blame our ongoing preference for sportswear, climate change or Miuccia Prada, who defied gender norms to put men in what she called “the equivalent of a miniskirt”. Prada had micro ones, Cottweiler’s were longer, in leather, Fendi’s bore a double F monogram and Hermès’ were crisp and white and even. MF How high can you go? The trend for micro shortsįor men, it’s a case of the shorter the short, the better. Models might have carried theirs on the sand-covered catwalk but, still, sensible shoes are Lagerfeld-approved this season. Even Chanel’s were beach appropriate, coming with a barely-there or sturdy “vamp” heel, so your feet don’t fall out. Ports 1961’s were espadrille-like but in proper leather, while Giambattista Valli and Sacai took a leaf out of Birkenstock’s book, zhooshing up sandals with jewels. Preen’s were straight from the 20s and Just William, paired with lace-topped school socks instead of muddy knees. This season, leather sandals come as if from Start-Rite, with practical details such as buckles and proper soles. As in school-appropriate, run-for-the-bus sensible. In footwear, sensible can mean anything – a flat, a boot, something affordable, something demure – but sometimes it means just that: sensible. MFīuckle up: leather sandals, £740, Preen. Our advice? Think fingerpainting for inspiration and bring some sparkle to spring. Instead, it’s the kind of approach that will gain a lot of love online, where fans live for out-of-this-world looks on cult beauty accounts such as those of McGrath, Kabuki and Jeffree Star. For Simone Rocha, mega hair stylist Sam Bryant pressed pink and silver glitter into models’ hair and “smooshed” it on to eyelids. At Jeremy Scott, makeup artist Kabuki turned lips rose gold, while Pat McGrath added striking metallic green cat eyes to her Versace girls. Her inspiration was focused – “a bit Twiggy, a bit 60s” – and the look was super-glam. ![]() Foil, gold and metallic shades were so heavily layered at Halpern that the eyes “became an accessory” themselves, according to makeup artist Isamaya Ffrench, who added so much gold that the models’ eyelids looked like foil. Metallics routinely make their way into makeup, but this season’s approach was definitely more is more. Heavy metal: more is more in metallic makeup
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