New style-crush alert. Welcome Catherine Baba, as snapped at the Paris shows, to The Briefing’s coveted look-of-the-week slot. It’s possible to guess from the perfectly positioned leopard-print sweatshirt, doubling as a scarf, that Ms Baba is a stylist. This column loves her signature saucer-sized sunglasses and the peep-toe lace-up heels with black tights, while her ballooning pantaloons are the artfully dishevelled pièce de résistance. Photograph: Streetpeeper.com/Streetpeeper.com
In fashion-biz parlance, when a model comes out on to the runway, this is known as an “exit”. True, it could just as easily be known as an “entrance”, but such is life. Anyway, to Stella Exit 6. In a month of fashion shows in which thigh-skimming dresses and “conceptual” shorts traipsed down the catwalk, these lovely bright blue slacks from Ms McCartney, beautifully styled up with a neutral tonal top-half (loving that jacket shape), make the forthcoming season a breeze. That model is almost smiling. Photograph: PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP
October is a fabulous time to buy a pair of sunglasses for those wonderful autumnal mornings when there are dustings of frost but the sun is determinedly shining. A winter coat rarely looks better than when teamed with gigantic shades. Hogan’s new range of frames – on sale this week – comprises 10 styles for men and six for women. Kate has already been seen in these super-round ones.
£214, by Hogan, 020-7245 6363 Photograph: Guardian
Who would have thought Paris Fashion week would have seen the appearance of a baby triceratops handbag? But thankfully at Giles Deacon’s spring 2010 collection, shown at the tail end of last week, one popped up. This metallic baby dinosaur shoulder bag (styled with a tarantula T) was followed by versions in grey suede and off-white leather. Dinotastic! Photograph: CATWALKING.COM/CATWALKING.COM
The Briefing has a new game: name that green. This Acne sweater is a quadruple whammy of greenery fun. On the left side it’s a bit pistachio. Then we edge into a jade-like panel, followed by a section of dull apple with a hint of grass. We climax on the right with a shade veering between shrub and hedge. Avoid teaming with brown slacks unless you’re channelling a tree.
£100, urbanoutfitters.co.uk Photograph: Guardian
Here’s a purchase with the potential to straddle this season and next, for less than £20. Surely a medal is in order? Lace is a micro-trend this autumn and it popped up in similarly small doses for next spring too. This Zara top is an ideal way to snazzy up a wardrobe basic: wear over a simple T-shirt, polo-neck or dress. Come spring, add Yves Saint Laurent lederhosen and Louis Vuitton clogs and you’re done.
£19.90, by Zara, 020-7851 4300. Photograph: PSC Photography
