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Hear what Ludy has to say about the forthcoming<br />
season’s must-have fashions...<br />
Fashion<br />
Chewing the<br />
FASHION CUD<br />
Ludy’s blog - www.ludy.co.uk | Instagram - @ludy.co.uk<br />
Fendi<br />
Chloé<br />
Roksanda<br />
Alessandra<br />
Rich<br />
Isabel<br />
Marant<br />
Prada<br />
I promise not to beat around the bush... The fashion world’s<br />
hippest and boldest fashion brands are shaking up the slick<br />
fashion elite and recreating the style rules. We are all holding<br />
our breath and spying with our fashion apps and girly chats to<br />
unveil what will be landing on the shop floors - thus urging our<br />
pre-fall shopping spree. Will we abdicate last winter’s luxurious<br />
sportswear and our most coveted quilted jackets, in favour of<br />
new textures, styles and colour waves? Or will the fashion police<br />
grant us yet another year’s wear? Mercy please, the suspense is<br />
dire… So let me reveal all.<br />
Essentially, velvet will be hijacking texture, ranging from Isabel<br />
Marant’s skirts to Céline trousers, playsuits as seen in Zara, and<br />
more. Now try and picture this fabric opulence in the deepest<br />
mustard tones and even deeper oxblood shades… Heaven so far,<br />
hey? Well, this may just set the tone to then boastfully introduce<br />
a powerful 80s revival, dripping in sleek vinyl, troublemaker<br />
vibes and a ‘tongue in cheek’ punk revival. March straight to<br />
your closets and dig out all the 80s one-sleeved disco wonder<br />
dresses, any touch of glossy vinyl and any remotely delinquent<br />
attire, and throw them straight into this mix. Part punk will be<br />
your new jumping board this fall, diving you straight into Bowie<br />
wide psychedelic heeled boots such as Saint Laurent’s, and<br />
full leather, ripped tights as seen at Prada. Plus, various chains<br />
and the oh so coveted studs, which clearly, we still haven’t had<br />
enough of. Luxury comfort will by all means still be key to the<br />
winter season... hurray, hurray, hurray! Please make sure your<br />
sleeves stay extra long and for an extra fashion flair stick to ‘bell<br />
sleeves’ all the way.<br />
My tip of the month? Get rid of all your evening coats and stroke<br />
your quilted jackets - especially your boyfriend’s super-sized<br />
puffas that can take you from office to disco in just a bounce!<br />
The military trend will be abounding in the jacket department,<br />
where reefers are ever so popular, backed mostly by a navalinspired<br />
theme. A few final ingredients to top next A/W’s<br />
deliciously stylish collections will include a huge dose of colourful<br />
leopard prints. Bring on the brocades, keep the ruffles and look<br />
after your metallics until next spring.<br />
My favourite fashion accessory so far? The genius extra wide<br />
embellished guitar straps that bring the true rockstar out of all of<br />
us fashion rebels. Thank you, Fendi, for the mind-blowing idea,<br />
whilst I bow to all the other amazing fashion houses that have<br />
followed suit... Louis Vuitton, in particular, with the neon colours<br />
throughout their A/W bag collection.<br />
<strong>Velvet</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> | <strong>September</strong> <strong>2016</strong> 47
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