The real allure of their dressing is its simplicity – and not pandering to fashion
I am a total sucker for the biggest cliche of them all: reader, I want to dress French.
Last Thursday morning, before it was even light, I was on the Uniqlo website trying to shop the capsule collection by ex-French Vogue editor and all-round front-row institution Carine Roitfeld. Roitfeld, the somewhat unlikely industry pinup who resembles the lovechild of Coco Chanel and Iggy Pop, has recreated her signature French-fashion-editor look (pencil skirts, slim waist-hugging blazers, black sweaters, wide belts, leopardprint coats) at Uniqlo prices. When I flipped my laptop open, the collection had only been on sale a few hours, but already the faux-leather below-the-knee pencil skirt with the eyelet trim that I had been planning on buying was gone.
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