Question: How many ways can you wear a trench? Christopher Bailey has a knack for updating and reinventing this wardrobe classic, and this season was no exception. A favourite from the collection, which boasted black leather quilted sleeves (giving us a hint as to where the designer was headed next) launched the trench into biker-girl territory. Take note: we predict that Bailey’s biker trench will be for S/S 11 what his aviator jacket was to A/W 10 – a hit.
In addition to cool, cropped versions in silver leather (with skinny Motocross trousers to match), wet-look styles and others with menacing gold shiny spikes studded across shoulders and sleeves, was the perfect biker jacket in the softest, lived-in leather. It was nothing short of iconic, and just the ticket to throw over one of Bailey’s leopard-print party dresses with short, tiered-silk skirts. Just one thing: Hell’s Angels don’t do precarious heels. Models teetered the catwalk in towering platforms – a few rebels gave up the balancing act and looked all the better for it.
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