Previews of next year’s collections make it clear that it will rule 2017 as well
There has been a fair bit of seismic change to take in this year, one way or another, so you’d be forgiven for having missed one important shift: at some point in 2016, we passed peak jumpsuit. For the first half of this decade, the all-in-one was a visual shorthand for the busy modern woman who engages with fashion to look up-to-date as much as pretty. From the Chiltern Firehouse waiting staff in their sleekly tailored jumpsuits to the dungarees and Stan Smiths accessorised with a Bugaboo, the all-in-one has been everywhere.
And for several Decembers on the trot, the jumpsuit came into its own. In the season of office parties and friends’ nights out, a jumpsuit is in many ways the perfect look: upbeat without being gaudy, practical without being killjoy. At this time of year, you want to tread a line somewhere between Scrooge and the person wearing the novelty Santa hat; that is, to exude festive spirit in an infectious way, rather than being the Compulsory Fun Police blasting Mariah Carey on repeat.
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