A showerproof outfit doesn’t need to relinquish all style
Looking stylish in the rain is advanced-level, letters-after-your-name level chic. Audrey Hepburn manages it in Breakfast At Tiffany’s, Humphrey Bogart pulls it off in Casablanca. It is worth noting that these are both essentially divine beings. “Look like Audrey Hepburn” is sadly not a realistic style strategy for most of us.
When it rains in Hollywood, the chic response is all blithe, carefree oblivion. No huddling, no shivering. Instead, it is Fred Astaire singing, Andie MacDowell not-even-noticing. Fashion rain is even less realistic, fairytale, diamond-shaped-droplets kind of rain. In a perfume advert, you might get a girl in a strapless ballgown laughing gaily as her gallant beau holds his tux over her head. Probably on a bridge in Paris at night.
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