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