Dressing your kids in matching outfits was once old hat. But not now. Jools Oliver and Victoria Beckham are leading the way – and if you want to join in, the Von Trapp outfits from The Sound of Music are up for grabs …
No offence to Joan Didion, obviously, but you know who the real style icons of the moment are? The Von Trapp family, that’s who. Fifty years after The Sound of Music premiered, a Los Angeles auction house is inviting bids on the seven sailor-style play outfits that Maria (Julie Andrews) sews – from curtain fabric, if memory serves – for the brood. (Think: the scene where they sing Do-Re-Mi.)
Take a look at these bad boys. I mean, how on trend? Alexa Chung, previously considered fashion-forward, is suddenly exposed as being half-a-century late to the pinafore party. And that moss-green-and-oatmeal colour combination? Exactly the kind of delicately off-key artisanal-neutral combination that costs an arm and a leg in Marni. Even Karl Lagerfeld is in on the Von Trapp trend: the beauty look for the most recent Chanel Métiers d’Art show, in Salzburg, was all plaits and wholesome, meadow-fresh pink cheeks. And Karl’s tiny godson upstaged Cara, Stella at al with his ensemble, which was the last word in haute alpine chic.
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