fashion week? what fashion week?
Despite the flamboyant spectacles of Fashion Week going on all around them last week, I found the women of Paris quietly going about their business in the simple but well put-together style for which they are so famous.
Top five items seen on the autumn streets of Paris:
- Longchamp Pliage Bags – short or long handles, but always oversized
- Ballet Flats – leather, canvas, colourful
- Cotton Trenches – more often than not in neutral shades
- Jeans – light and dark washes but rolled up at the bottom into small cuffs
- Long Cardigans – lightweight, knee-skimming, in black or charcoal
fashion comes and goes, but great style endures
The perfect transeasonal wardrobe in fact. And when you know you are going to be spending your day doing a lot of walking or riding on the busy metro, the comfort and timeless qualities of these items make perfect sense. And somehow puts into better perspective the often exciting but largely fantastical business of Fashion Week.
I wonder if you have noticed the GIGANTIC glasses the dudes are wearing ATM. So weird, but they seem to think they look really cool. I’ve only seen one bloke actually pull it off with a driving cap and golf clothes like grandad used to wear. Me thinks it may be a rockabilly thing…