Fashionflash

eronika Heilbrunner is seated in the front row of the Michael Kors Spring 2017 show, and she is dressed just as you would expect at New York Fashion Week – in sequinned trousers. Sequins for day? Why not? In Michael’s world, daytime style can mean cropped denim strewn with crystals and feathers, or the athlesuire shape of a zip-up hoodie in tweed with a matching skirt. “Brocade to the office, sweatshirts at night – I don’t think my customers pay attention to time of day,” he says.

“The right thing can make you feel like you’re winking at people.”

It’s a great comment on how women are dressing now and on the ethos of Michael’s show: fashion classics elevated. And that elevation is achieved via textures and fabrics that epitomise fun and frivolity, such as ostrich feathers and sequins. For within the witticisms and quick quips lies a designer who devotes season after season to exploring how women want to dress – as themselves, but better.

“Look at Jackie Kennedy – people say she was so consistent, but she actually went through lots of changes in how