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Why should kids have all the back-to-school treats? Brighten up your Monday morning with some office-friendly new gear for AW10, says Anna Britten.
A FLASH OF ANKLE
18th-century governess-style, full-grain leather, brown ankle boots with taffeta laces. Smelling salts, quick! Now at KBK, along with sought-after, new season footwear from Art, Doc Marten and Fly London. Neosens Rococo shortboot, £114.99, KBK
BLAZER OF GLORY
New blazer? Yes, please. No Teflon-coated, polyester jobby though – we want Mum to button us into this ferocious Westwood jobby. Can we get a matching lunchbox?Vivienne Westwood Red Label jacket, £455, Harvey Nichols
SHOE-BEE-DOO
Tweedy skyscrapers. Sort of Miss Jean Brodie meets Dita Von Teese. And absolutely guaranteed to mean no one ever steals stationery on your watch. Worth a day’s salary of any chief exec. YSL Tribtoo shoes, £600, Harvey Nichols
PLAY YOUR CARDY RIGHT
New label Upper 5th have the perfect name and the perfect pieces for back-to-school nostalgia. This cardy’s simply wizard for lacrosse practice with Dick from The Famous Five. Kitty cardigan, £45, Upper 5th
GREY ANATOMY
Score A+ in this grey wrap dress – perfect office-to-Harbourside-bar garb. Wear with the YSL shoes above and get all your Tanquerays bought for you. Hunky Dory essential wrap dress, £175, Shoon
CHECK ME OUT
New term new shirt. This ’un’s rodeo enough for spiritual cowboys, yet suitably sensible for wearing to the quarterly forecast meeting. Howdee shirt, £55, Traffic People
CONTACTS
HARVEY NICHOLS 27 PHILADELPHIA ST, CABOT CIRCUS, BRISTOL, BS1 3BZ. TEL: 0117 916 8888; WEB: WWW.HARVEYNICHOLS.COM
KBK SHOES 203A CHELTENHAM RD, BRISTOL, BS6 5QX. TEL: 0117 924 3707; WEB: WWW.KBKSHOES.COM
SHOON 14 OLD BOND ST, BATH, BA1 1BP. TEL: 01225 480095; WEB: WWW.SHOON.COM
TRAFFIC PEOPLE 26 MILSOM PLACE (BETWEEN MILSOM ST & BROAD ST), BATH, BA1 1BZ. TEL: 01225 316381; WEB: WWW.TRAFFICPEOPLE.CO.UK
UPPER 5TH WWW.UPPER5TH.COM
Copyright Anna Britten 2010
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