DAYTIME SPARKLE
I took a survey of front-row shoes one morning and while there was a mix of trainers and loafers, sandals, mules and boots, they had one thing in common: sparkle. Before 10am. On the catwalks too, there’s been a sprinkling of fairy dust, and sequins and mirrors, paillettes and sparkly latex now seem perfectly normal for daytime. There they were, livening up a cream blazer at Sonia Rykiel, a black and red minidress at Dior and virtually every shirt at Saint Laurent. At Moncler Gamme Rouge, sequins were paired with grey marl sportswear. But it was Céline that stood out with a full-length white polo-neck dress that would have
Princess Leia groping for her credit card. Sasha Slater