You know that friend who always seems to be wearing the thing you vaguely had your eye on before you got round to buying it? The celebrity equivalent is Alexa Chung. A case in point at the launch of her second AG Jeans range on 14 July: this button-down skirt, styled with a polka-dot lady blouse. It’s a shape we have been musing on for a while. In catwalk terms it’s quite Saint Laurent, very Vuitton, a bit 1970s. But speaking practically, it’s a fairly casual way to cover your bottom, but not your legs, this summer, when you’re not one for midis, cut-off shorts or micro-minis. The problem is that now, if we buy it, it will look as if we are copying her. Chung wins again.
