Westfield Group
WHAT'S HOT:
Berets, Trilbys And Cloche Hats: Large berets, knitted, crocheted or classic felt fedoras are just right for right now. Think of Ricky Lee Jones warbling "Chucky's In Love" or Faye Dunaway in "Bonnie and Clyde". Steal your man's hat like small pork pie trilby or a broad brimmed felt (ala Johnny Depp). Hats with a faintly retro feel can be equal parts rap star and flapper.Wear them with suit pants, a fragile beaded evening dress or a wispy long Missoni scarf.
Knee Socks: Pantherella Cashmere knee socks. Made in London…made in heaven. As seen at David Jones hiding out amongst the sports socks and surely the sweetest way to add some Librarian Victorian kink to a little velvet suit a short tweed skirt or a pretty metallic velvet dress this season.
Your Fathers Watch, Your Great Grandpa's Fob, Masculine Metal Bits And Bobs: With the mania for the waistcoat, the dress shirt, the man's hat and even the three piece tuxedo it makes sense that natty male accessories and outsized watches complete the look. Go for a super chunky Citizen diver’s watch or a pilot’s watch with all the bells, dials and whistles. Because we may not have our pilots license like Angelina….yet.
WHAT'S NOT:
Footless Tights, Fingerless Gloves, Nylon Lace, Plastic Dangly Bangles, Beads And Earrings: You know you've got it wrong if your dressing table looks like a still life from a Bangles album, if your Mum sings "Like A Virgin" when you walk in the door or if you look like an extra from the Pat Benatar video "Love Is A Battlefield"
It is time to seriously edit your eighties accessory moment or make some subtle shifts to stop yourself from theme dressing. First on the list of mass market mistakes in style is the footless tight. A deeply unflattering idea that truncates the leg while making the foot (especially in flats) look HUGE. Be clever like SASS & BIDE's runway girls and wear the ones that hook under the soul showing just a glimpse of skin.
Keep large scale wooden jewellery but lose pretty much anything that's white or candy coloured bright (except handbags). As seen on; Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan et al.
P.S. Faux Locks: Is it too tacky to even mention pin-on pony tails? Hair extensions, wiglets (kind of like a corsage made from nylon ringlets), falls (a waterfall of pony tail) and full-on wigs (Morning Miss Spears) just aren't working and I sniff a whiff of human hair falling to the salon floor as very short crops returns to the fore for coming seasons. It suits hardly anybody (Natalie Portman, Sinead O'Conner, Jean Seberg) but it’s something fresh after fifteen years of shoulder length centre parts…Message to Kate Moss "do you dare?"
