Evening Standard

From party dresses to protest outfits, London’s luminaries have never looked hotter. goes style gazing

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When he’s not sporting metallic twinsets and thighhigh running shorts, Years & Years frontman Olly Alexander, is killing it, sartoriall­y at least, onstage. Certainly, the 26-year-old singer has presence. His Glastonbur­y look, a shredded big-bird cape, was a nod to proud peacocks everywhere. We heart him. If Debrett’s was to add a new chapter to its rules for living Properly (upper case P intentiona­l), it might consider a paragraph on Chanel. As hot royal Amelia Windsor discovered at the Queen’s birthday last month, a look with the double “C” logo stitched into its label is a sure-fire way to make the world swoon. In what was a lesson in how to perfectly judge the occasion, Lady Windsor flung Chanel at the problem and chose a coat plus bag and shoes from the French house. The result was a look that was super-chic and decidedly unBritish. How terribly 2016. It’s been a busy summer for new PM Theresa May. Notably because she has the greatest problem-solving exercise in history at the top of her to-do list — ain’t no Sudoko puzzle harder than this one. Remarkably the Vivienne Westwood-loving Tory leader has still found time to get creative. A trip to visit Nicola Sturgeon, taken during her first few days in charge, saw May deviate from her signature leopard print in favour of a pair of killer red courts. Whatever your thoughts on her politics, May’s pavement appeal is not to be sniffed it. The Serpentine party served as a post-Brexit booze-up this year as the fast and fabulous downed champagne and pulled shapes on the dancefloor in an attempt to forget their agony. The hedonistic mood made for some questionab­le taste issues as composure gave way to cleavage. Thankfully, effortless­ly elegant Phoebe Collings-James was

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