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18. HAPPY FEET
The Golfito shoe from Christian
Louboutin is a postmodern take
on juiced-up trainers. This is a witty
hybrid combo of low-top college guy
sneakers and the classic all-American
Ivy League jock saddle shoe. Made
from different colour wing-tipped
panels of leather and canvas, the shoe
sits on a thick, white rubber midsole.
Think of them as the ideal smart/
casual go-between. They go perfectly
with skinny fit jeans and a cottonpiqué
polo shirt. And like their female
counterparts, do these kool krazy
kolour kicks sport the designer’s
trademark sole? Buy ‘em and see!
£495, www.matchesfashion.com
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19. POWER DRESSING
The power suit is back! It’s no secret that the trouser suit – or
pantsuit, as our American cousins call it – is having a magic
moment right now. Since its major emergence during the sexual
revolution of the late 1960s and 70s, this fashion statement has
undergone any number of major changes and reinterpretations.
The perfectly tailored trouser suit is ideal for the working woman,
and will take her from work and formal meetings right through to
after-hours drinks and parties. The look will also carry on into the
spring and summer months in a number of new, reworked guises.
Most of the new trouser suits – like the one shown here by brilliant
American designer Derek Lam – are being sold as separates.
The sharply tailored jacket is made in Italy from black and white
tweed with subtle pink flecks. It’s elegantly cut so that it sculpts the
body, from the mannish notch lapels to the nipped-in waist. And
the oversized black, felt buttons add a charmingly feminine finish.
Combined with matching leg-lengthening, wide-cut trousers,
this full-on trouser suit spells head-to-toe success.
Jacket, £1,090, and matching trousers, £590,
www.matchesfashion.com
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