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Mohair sweater: Uniqlo men's (old)

Velvet cycle shors: American Apparel

Nylon shoulder bag: Cos

Wood and metal bangle: Cos

Sunglasses: ASOS

It is because I am knee deep in essays *sigh* that I will not be attending the fashion Garden of Eden that is London Fashion Week this spring. However, the thought of many weeks of drowning in lined paper and John Steinbeck did not make me hesitate in deciding on what I would wear to Sommerset House. For that occasion, I stole my dad's old mohair Uniqlo sweater which I have been secretly coveting for years now; although persuading him to let me wear it was nothing without stubbornness. Mohair has got to be my favourite texture for the colder months and there is something I find delicious about the soft and cosy silhouette it gives; although it may seem to many that an extremely oversized knit is such a lazy garment I can never help but feel quite expensive in this one. It reminds me quite a lot of the mohair Wham dress from Acne which is hiding from me at the moment.

Alexander Wang AW13

There is something utterly indulgent about symphonies of Cashmeres, Mohair and fur all thrown together harmoniously creating a beautifully decadent softness in a season of biting winds. Soft shoulders and roomy shapes indulged the crowds at New York Fashion Week, who witnessed the master of modern brew up another masterpiece collection. It was the antidote of rigid and sculptural shapes in which Women's fashion is currently breathing. Model's heads were covered in coal coloured Mohair hoods, knitted into the forecoming news of New York blizzards, a subject every budding New Yorker is familiar with, although Wang bought about an exciting element of unexpectedness-a foreshadowing of what Wang will bring to Balenciaga.
(Photos courtessy of i-doline.com)

Post-50s comfort

PVC leather skirt: Topshop

Pastel fisherman's knit: Topshop

Ring: Kurt Geiger (old)

My friend who knows me all too well bought me this skirt for Christmas last year and it has deffinatley made me feel nostalgic for the post-50s poodle skirts worn in Grease, and being made in such a controversial material as PVC, it creates a softer, more slouched silhouette for a month filled with comfort-food and chilliness.

Acne yellow

I really can't resist a pop of neon and when I came across this acid yellow cable knit from Acne my heart sank due to the desolate state of my purse. There comes a time in every girl's life when she realises she can't have what she wants and it really sucks-the joys of being a struggling student! That aside, I can't keep my eyes away from the structure of the knit, it covets a thick ribbed hem and kneckline; the size of the hem is actually one of the main things that drew me to it-it somehow balances the knit despite the heavy cabel design above and the sheer fact that the hem is so HUGE. That's one of the reasons I really love Acne-they can take something as simple as a cable knit jumper and only have to adjust it ever so slightly in such a effective way it becomes a masterpiece in its own. Hats off to you Johnny