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Latest Fashion Trends for 2011
Autumn/winter fashion editor's picks |
"Grey minimalism, clean lines - it's a great season for me" Michele Lavery, editor.
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"Start with a great thigh-high boot and work up from there" Daniela Agnelli, fashion director.
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"There are some great textures and interesting pieces" Tamsin Blanchard, style director.
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"I'm going for minimalism with a harder edge" Clare Richardson, fashion editor.
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"Red and camel are easy ways to make a statement" Victoria Bain, junior style editor.
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"It's about dressing up but being practical" Aurelia Donaldson, fashion assistant.
Latest shoes trends for 2011
Fashion is in the midst of a swingeing change of proportions and garment-choice this autumn. It’s obvious which clothes are in favour: trousers and coats, blouses and jackets, knitwear and skirts – that is, separates, not dresses. This has been bruited as a “return” to minimalism and a great thing for a grown woman’s sanity. We’re promised we’ll be able to bound out looking effortlessly co-ordinated, while radiating dignity and competence. We will, but only, I’ve realised, after we’ve tackled the hellish confusion of this season’s heels.
“Effortless” is hardly the way to describe the search for footwear to match this season’s trousers and longer skirts. I discovered this after trotting off to Selfridges’s new gigantic shoe world (eight rooms, 11 individual branded boutiques, hundreds of shoes and boots to try on), where I imagined I’d be in danger of spending far more than I ought. An hour and a half later, I was back on Oxford Street, empty-handed, fuming over the fact that most footwear design hasn’t yet caught up with the leading edge of fashion.
All I gleaned from that wasted trip was the realisation that the monstrous platforms and rock-chick shoe-boots slavishly worn with the short dresses and leggings of the past few years are still endemic. Just looking at them makes me nauseous. Needless to say, they’re wrong with this season’s trousers and mid-calf skirts, which happens to be all I want to wear.
The stacked-heeled ankle boot, £60
Thrashing out what’s right has taken a hell of a time. This is due, partly, I admit, to the wrench it takes to break a fashion addiction built up over years: the plus side of elevated heels was feeling six inches taller and skinnier. When stepping into this season’s anti-platform, non-statement shoes, there’s that fear to conquer; with these new silhouettes, frumpier and dumpier must be circumnavigated.
The narrow-heeled boot, £165, Pied a Terre at John Lewis; 0845 604 9049
Having scrutinised all the catwalk shows that featured trousers and longer skirts, I pulled out everything in my wardrobe that resembled them, plus all the shoes I’ve accumulated over 10 years. And now I have conclusions: when you whittle it down, there are two types of footwear necessary to make this season’s clothes viable – a pair of pointy stilettoes and some sort of block-heeled boots.
Trousers are the tricky part, because they come in three shapes:
1) Wide-legged. Footwear appears not to matter with these pants, because the point is that the hem covers the shoe, thus making it invisible, except when walking. That means you can take advantage of the old Seventies leg-lengthening illusion: high, stack-heeled boots or platforms, but roundish or squared in the toe, not pointed. You could also wear socks with an old pair of chunky sandals – the point is to cover and de-emphasise foot-awareness. (Study: 3.1 Phillip Lim, Marc Jacobs, Dries Van Noten.)
2) Boot-cut. This Nineties’ revival takes finessing. It needs streamlined, narrow-heeled boots with a slightly pointed toe, probably in suede. Frida Giannini at Gucci styled her revived boot-legs with open-toed sandals and black tights. (Study: Balmain, Gucci.)
3) Narrow-leg, cropped. For women who’ve been living in leggings, these slim trousers might seem the easiest segue into a new look. The key is to ditch those grotesque “statement” shoes and invest in pointed stilettos to wear to reveal chicly bared ankles. The most versatile and flattering height is around three inches, the über-ideal being a pair of Manolo Blahnik’s timeless spindly-heeled suede courts. Alternatively, there’s the rockabilly way to do it, as exemplified by Isabel Marant’s Fifties pointed courts with cropped jeans – how right they are is testified by the fact that they sold out by mid-August. (Study: Stella McCartney, Gucci, Isabel Marant.)
What to wear with new-length skirts:
1) The Fifties-look circle. The obvious companion for the belled, petticoated skirt is the “petite stiletto” or a 1.5-inch Louis heel with a point decorated with a bow. At the designer end, Tabitha Simmons and Giambattista Valli have mouth-watering evening options, and at the other, Marks & Spencer has a £15 patent version and New Look, one by Giles Deacon at £24.99. Close study of the Louis Vuitton pumps shows they, in fact, have a high- stacked heel rather than a stiletto. (Study: Prada, Louis Vuitton, Dries Van Noten.)
2) Below-knee A-line. A skirt with which both the pointed stiletto and the block-heeled boot work, thus side-stepping the frump issue. There are subtle differences within A-line, though. As a rule of thumb, if it’s bias-cut, sinuous, tending towards the Thirties, wear the stiletto. If it’s stiff and skewing Seventies, use the chunky-heeled boots.
Bags fashion trends for 2011
Bags fashion trends for 2011 - Forget the 'Designer It Bag', the 'New Classic' and the 'Must-Have', there's only one bag trend sweeping Hollywood right now and that's the 'Boho' bag. An eclectic array of multi-coloured shoulder bags have been spotted dangling from the arms of A-listers, and it's down to one woman. Creations by designer Simone Camille have sold out from Net-a-Porter.com in America, the £1000-plus price tags seemingly not a detterent to those after a fun piece of arm candy
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Julia Roberts chose an embellished record-style design by Camille to brighten up her dark, denim look when she arrived at The Late Show with David Letterman recently
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The origin of Kate Hudson's oversize (or should that be man-sized?) cotton carrier might be unclear, but the hot-pink fringing and mish-mash of colours make it a firm favourite
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Ever the trendsetter, Sienna Miller's frayed shoulder bag at this summer's Glastonbury carried the seal of authenticity: most likely picked up at a far-flung, sun-soaked flea market for a small sum
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A firm lover of a trend, Miley Cyrus' Simone Camille bag matches her sunny surroundings
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She might well have her own jewellery and fashion range, but It-girl-cum-designer Nicole Richie obviously couldn't resist purchasing this Simone Camille hippie bag
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The ever-stylish Rachel Bilson makes looking that good so easy: full marks for carrying off the tribal bag so effortlessly
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Jewellery designer Jennifer Meyer is another to fall under the embellished charm of a Simone Camille bag
# # Miss Universe 2010: Mexico's Jimena Navarrete is crowned Miss Universe
Mexico's Jimena Navarrete is crowned Miss Universe at the annual beauty pageant from Las Vegas
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Mexico's Jimena Navarrete was crowned Miss Universe Monday night in an upset victory that 'stunned' a pageant world which had predicted a winner to emerge from Ireland, Venezuela or the United States
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The 22-year-old from Guadalajara, resplendent in a flowing ruby-red evening gown, has been modeling since she was 15, but nothing could quite prepare her for her moment of glory
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Miss Mexico celebrates with other contestants
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"I did feel surprised, I just went blank," the brunette beauty said of her crowning achievement. "There was nothing going through my mind. I was in a state of shock"
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...Navarrete receives a one-year scholarship to the New York Film Academy, and a year's supply of shoes, dresses and hair products
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Navarrete's coronation, which earned her a congratulatory message on Twitter from Mexican President Felipe Calderon, ends the reign of outgoing Miss Universe 2009 Stefania Fernandez of Venezuela. Had this year's Miss Venezuela Marelisa Gibson, 21, taken the title, it would have been a three-year sweep for the South American nation
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But Gibson was ousted in the early going, along with Miss USA Rima Fakih, 24, as the field of 83 was pared down to 15
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The two-hour finale was devoid of the political drama that has erupted in past years at this event, although there had been potential for controversy when Fakih, the first American Muslim to become Miss USA, disappointed many Islamic leaders on Saturday by saying she opposes construction of a proposed mosque near Ground Zero in New York city
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Miss Great Britain- Tara Vaitiere Hoyos
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Miss Ireland Rozanna Purcell managed to finish in the top fifteen
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Radio personality Chet Buchanan (left) jokes around with Miss Finland, Viivi Pumpanen, during a commercial break
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