ACCESSORIES REPORT
Get to know the bags,g the heels and all the clever extras capable of recalibrating a new-season wardrobe. Meet the gang.
Let’ s hang: get to know the bags, the heels and all the clever extras capable of recalibrating a new-season wardrobe.
Ahoy
Prada’s wayfaring woman is moving so fast she doesn’t heed time zones, or dress codes. Go where she goes with assorted souvenirs jangling from the neck, bag and belt, and a sailor’s hat for pulling into port.
Cinderella moment
A fanciful filigree minaudière and transparent slippers should be worn all at once as per Dolce & Gabbana’s imaginings. Approved to wear after the stroke of midnight.
A BUG’S LIFE E
THERE’S MORE THAN A HINT OF AN INSECT FORM MELDED WITH NICOLAS GHESQUIÈRE’S SIGNATURE BIONIC TOUCH IN LOUIS VUITTON’S EARRINGS.
Driving Miss Daisy
Restrained in their form but outré in their metallic patina, Tod’s loafers are for driving off into the sunset without looking back.
Earn your stripes
There’s something mad about Gucci’s zebra pumps. Complete with lush (faux) ponytail, it’s the intrigue and eccentricity of the Happy Valley set meets flapper-era exoticism gone wild.
HIGH-GRADE GRAFFITI
OVERDOSED ON LOGO-MANIA? ROUGH IT UP WITH SOME STREET SENSIBILITY, LIKE DRIPPING SPRAY PAINT.
Feathered friends
Frothy, floaty trimmings flutter by. Fashion poetry? Feathers are as close as it gets.
Happiest place on Earth
The forever-young pull of a novel accessory lingers for autumn/winter ’16/’17. Coach’s Disney cross-pollination is the grown-up version of our childhood holiday mementos.
In your dreams
The original fairytales were equal parts dark and enchanting. Reflect the formula in headwear that says tumbled-out-ofthe-brambles or fossicking-for-dainty-woodland-florals.
JEWEL QUALIFICATION
MAISON MARGIELA’S SPANGLY BOMBER HANGS HEAVY WITH LOZENGE-SIZED JEWELS SO BIG THAT JEWELLERY IS REDUNDANT.
THE KOOKS
FREAK FLAGS WERE FLYING THIS SEASON IN THE FORM OF CROWNS, HOODS AND HAUTE RAIN GEAR.
Love your lobes
If they don’t graze the shoulders, the earrings aren’t decadent enough.
IN A MOD MOOD
WITH SHEER PANELS TO FLASH SOME SKIN, GIORGIO ARMANI’S BOOTS ARE SLEEK 60s SEXPOT.
Neck and neck
Double down on chokers, necklaces and lariats. As seen at Chanel, Balmain and Loewe, the neck is It territory.
One, two, cha cha cha
Can you do the fandango? Ferragamo can. These fuzzy heels may mingle below eye level but their textural play will draw more than one gaze.
PINT-SIZED
WE’RE NOT SEEING THINGS: THAT IS AN ITSYBITSY KELLY, AND OTHER MINIATURES TO FREE US OF EVERYTHING BUT THE ESSENTIALS.