
Blush trim lace cami, Mint Velvet £79 – other colours available
I once saw Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen in a hotel lobby with their child, Olive.
It was a freezing cold day – exactly like the weather we are having now. In between slightly sniggering at Ali G trying to get the toddler Olive to put on her coat as they were leaving (“I thought we had a deal Olive – you put on your coat, that’s the deal.” “Noooooo!!!”) I was paying close attention to what Isla Fisher was wearing.
I can’t remember how I was dressed, but I remember feeling very strongly that I was too cold. And that Isla Fisher looked toasty warm as hell in furry boots, jeans, a giant parka (probably full-price Canada Goose, let’s face it) and a cashmere sweater with a beautiful slip of lace from a camisole poking out from underneath it.
She sort of looked like she had popped a snuggly cashmere jersey on over her silky pyjamas, slipped out of a feather filled bed topped with a tactile and fluffy quilt and shrugged on her giant TFFP* parka. Which she probably had done.
It stayed with me, that vision of her. And the other day as I was flicking through the Mint Velvet catalogue I saw this rather handsome velvet top, with verily a beautiful trim of lace along the bottom, so I bought it immediately and it does indeed poke out from the bottom of my cashmere sweater.
It is a nice fit and quite generous sizing – I am a size 12 and I got this in a 10 and it’s fine.
It is important with this look that the velvet top is worn as a casual item only – with boyfriend jeans and a grunge cardi or peeping out from under that cashmere sweater and then boots or trainers. Wear this with a pair of tight bootcut jeans and pointy shoes and you will look like you have concussion and think it’s 2005.
*Tiny Fragile Freezing Princess, q.v.
Canada Goose currently £450 at TK Maxx… or they have the teenagers ones.
http://www.tkmaxx.com/womens-outdoor-clothing/black-water-resistant-jacket-/invt/07000154
Difficult to pull off TFFP at six foot so luckily for you all their jackets will be too small for me.
I like everything about this post.
I once saw Phill Jupitus in just his boxers. Hope that helps.
Public Service Announcement: Spikers, heed Esther’s sage advice and make this lovely thing the first Christmas self-gift of the season (c/o partner’s credit card) – and do it now. I say this because I watched all your husbands’ in the merchandise queue at last night’s awesome Spiritualised gig at the Barbican…and sistas I’m telling you now, it’s nostalgic student “ah, remember when?” t-shirts coming your way as a Christmas surprise, unless you take action.
Spiritualized. *spell check fail face*
you’re in a safe space here babez xx
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Spiritualized. My first love is the guitarist…