MIU MIU Autumn/Winter 2015

THIS season, with her hair piled up into a scrappy ponytail and face perfectly framed by dangling crystal and daisy earrings, Mrs Prada's Miu Miu girl had gone Eighties punk and Sloane in equal measures; imagine the Chelsea set hanging out at Kensington Market, or these days, Camden.
Princess Diana-style long sleeved cotton dresses with frilled sailor bibs had a rebellious edge, not least because of the wacky colour palette - even leopard prints were reimagined in brights - it looked graphic and optical. Heavy houndstooth wool coats - the sort that looked itchy, but charmingly, nostalgically so - were decorated with python skin cuffs, plackets and pockets, while homespun-looking short sleeved sweaters were layered over printed shirts.
Tipping the barometer between good taste/bad taste is the winning formula here; a wipe-clean, crocodile embossed sleeveless shift popped up in caramel; the fabric