It has been too long! Sorry for the lack of posts but
finally exams are over and now I can look forward to Christmas and 2017 (what
happened to 2016?!). Exam season was tough and I’m looking forward to eating my
weight in food over the festive period and of course, seeing my family whom I
haven’t seen this September! As I sit writing this, it’s about 7:30am and I’m
on a train down from Glasgow to see everyone and I’m quite excited – if not a
little tired from getting up at 5am to get the train.
Anyway I’m sure none of you are interested in my back-story
- this is not the X-Factor. I thought that I would start a new series called “Runway looks
for Less” – in part this is inspired by my love of runway fashion and my lack
of funds to purchase it forcing me to find similar alternatives on the high
street.
Recently the monochrome looks from Saint Laurent have really
resonated with me because I live exclusively in black, grey and navy. However
with Saint Laurent every piece has its own eccentric details that really set it
apart from other monochrome fashions (however sometimes these details can be
very extreme and not very easy to wear day-to-day).
Photo from Vogue - Lookin' stormy Legolas |
This look is from the Saint Laurent AW16/17 show and struck
with me partly because it contains all my most worn colours but also the
burgundy velvet boots and touch of cheetah print on the shirt are subtle enough
that you could easily and comfortably wear this look day-to-day.
We’ll start with the key pieces first, The model is wearing a leather varsity jacket
– leather is something in my opinion that never goes out of fashion and
everyman should have at least one leather jacket – varsity style is a strong
trend for this season but by making the jacket out of leather the jacket
becomes more timeless and less of a trend (I’m personally not a fan of the
varsity jackets that are very High School Musical-y).
Although I could not find
a suitable leather alternative from the high street I found that Selected Homme
did a plain black wool one with some leather detailing (and it is on sale!) The
wool will keep you warmer in the winter anyway! Was actually a real struggle to
find a similar jacket! Buy me!
ASOS - £25 |
Trousers - £49.99 - Zara |
I find one of the best places on the high street to buy
formal wear is Zara. Zara has always been very hit of miss for me either I love
everything or I can go for months without finding anything that I like or looks
good on me. However the formal wear are always very good and these navy
trousers are a good slim fit and are very versatile. (Shit I say very, very
often haha). Never want to iron your trousers again? Buy me!
Boots - £85 - Topman |
Lastly are the two accessories, A brown fedora with black strap detailing and a grey fringed scarf. The hat is from ASOS and is currently £11! The scarf is a little more expensive and is from Reiss – although I don’t really consider Reiss high street the scarf was the closest match that I could find.
There you have it my first “Runway look for less!” Got any
runway pictures that you want copied tweet them too me @haphazardfash.
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