Clean Cut

On the 2012 Autumn/Winter catwalks the look was sharp. It was clean. Clean cut lures in the woman who has a predilection for acute tailoring. It is a look built around no fuss structure. This look was applied widely to coats, trousers, polo and round necks, skirts and dresses. A spectrum of materials have been employed in this trend; textures such as felt, wool, polyester, plastics and jersey, as they perform well in creating these very clean and lucid shapes. In this design trajectory, menswear and the fashions of the early nineteen eighties are being reimagined to achieve this very strong androgynous silhouette. This trend sits in stark juxtaposition with the cinched-in waistlines which are another prevailing feature on the Autumn/Winter catwalks. Many of these clean cut coat designs are large and oversized, a direct eighties influence. Embrace the trend. Avoid the fuss. Keep it clean. Look sharp.

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