Barneys New York x Yasmin Sewell

Can we talk about my major girl crush Yasmin Sewell?

Not only is she a style icon to millions (including myself) but she has just collaborated with Barneys New York on an epic capsule collection. SWOON!

For those who are unaware of Sewell and why I think she deserves fashion god status. She is a fashion consultant, buyer, former boutique owner and general chic girl about town.

She is street snapped at almost every opportunity and is always at the chicest events. She turns heads and it is all for the right reasons. Many household fashion names you have become accustomed to, (Christopher Kane, J.W Anderson, Rick Owens etc.) she was responsible for bringing to the forefront. She is a fashion powerhouse.

She now runs an amazing fashion consultancy company and is the creative director of Être Cécile. 

She is just all kinds of amazing and everything I hope and aim to be.     

The collection itself is everything I had hoped for. It is versatile, chic and in my favoured muted palettes, perfect for everyday wear. 

The range is based on what Sewell herself her "ultimate wardrobe" and I have to admit is mine as well. Almost every piece in the collection is worthy of my Lust List and will become a piece that you would find hard pressed to not wear at any given opportunity.

My favourite pieces from the collection are this pullover, this knit looks as soft as butter and would comfortably suit a pair of jeans or a decadent brocade skirt.

I absolutely love this navy contrast collar coat, the colour is in my opinion the best colour to wear. It flatters and adds a softness that black sometimes neglects. The cut is as timeless as ever. You will never want to part with this. 

You can shop the full collection here but you'll need to be fast, everything is available for pre-order. I don't think any of it will be around long enough for you to hesitate. 

My trigger finger and credit card is ready, I am about to go wild!

Kate Moss For Topshop

I, just like you have now seen all the pictures from the hotly anticipated launch, witnessed the queues and the flashbulbs as I trundled home from work. I am a fan of Kate Moss, but not of her latest collection. 

I had hoped that this new, higher end range sold at Topshop & Net-a-Porter would make me giddy with excitement and would make me want to spend the entirety of my rent and then some purchasing its delectable offerings but alas, it has left me a little cold. 

The collection, the first since 2010 is very Kate Moss, but not the Ms Moss I wanted to see. There is a lot of fringing and extra embellishments that Joe Bloggs (however fashion literate they claim to be) just cannot pull off. I have taken particular offence to the Diamante Velvet Top; It is clunky and boring; it all feels a little dated.  

I understand and can comprehend that Kate’s style and therefore collection is meant to be timeless however, her aesthetic has evolved from the ‘Glastonbury Glamour’ that this collection heavily relies on. It feels as if we have not left 2010 and I am still drifting through the sartorial sludge of my early twenties. 

The Pyjama collection is the most recent trend found in the range but even that feels a little contrived and out of place. (That being said, this is my favourite piece and I will purchase this as soon as I have finished typing) Some fabric choices are very trend led, however I suspect this has just been an effort to tie this in with the (in my opinion) far superior boutique collection and the patterned fabrics seen there rather than to create a cohesive capsule collection of it's own. 

It all seems very out of place within the current climes of SS14. 

Maybe I had hoped for too much, I had placed too much faith in the original magic of the collection & wanted it the replicate that excitement. Maybe I have just outgrown it, either way, my rent money is completely safe this month. That makes me want to cry. 

See the whole collection here.