Topshop Goes to the Country
The Topshop cuties, with their sassy London
look, went where they can seldom have put their pert,
square-heeled shoes before: the English countryside.
Imagine a young woman invited for the weekend by a young
lordling who chatted her up on the dance floor. A quick
pack of a tweed kilt, opened at the thigh; grab a pair of sky-blue
cord trousers; a bit of fur from an elder sibling; count on
borrowing a coat from her ladyship - and there was the Top Shop
look transported to the country.
Just to give a good impression to the aristocratic
parents, there was a dress patterned with weeds to suggest a
willingness to garden.
This new wardrobe worked in a grown-up way. But it
seemed unlikely for an urban creature who seemed so much more
comfortable at the cocktail hour part of the show. Short lacy
dresses, a blazer a-blaze with crystals and the LBD (London Black
Dress) seemed more suited to a wardrobe and an image that Topshop
represents.
But there was one standout piece: a sleek honey gold velvet jump suit to straddle town and country.
