The Sunday Telegraph - 01.09.2019

STELLA|1SEPTEMBER 2019

AFTERWHAT SEEMSlike centuriesofdress-

es,this,apparently,willbethewinterthatsep-

arateshit back.Just asI’vecome roundto

frocksandtheirbrain-candyeasiness.

But we candothisseparates business be-

caus e–ta-da!–co-ords. Iboughtmy first co-

ordsetshor tlyafter IjoinedTheTeleg raphin

2011 :apleated skirtand blousefromWhis-

tles.Ilovedthat outfit, butsomewherealong

theway,the to pand bottom gotuncoupled

and not inaconscious,Gwynnieway.(What

thehellhappenedtot hatshir t?)

Eightyears on,I’meyeing up anotherset:

apale bluey-green pleatedskirtand match-

ing blousefromJoseph.Itellyou onething,

if Isplurge,I’m notletting either party in

thishandyunionoutofmysight.

Fashio n’sabout global,geo and socioeco-

nomi cpolitics nowand we need to think

aboutthis stuff.Iknowthat theWhistles

combowas sil kand theJosep hispolye ster,

whichhas certain advantages over silk ,such

as retainingpleats better,evenify ou popit

inthemachine.Butitdoesn’tbiode grade.

We didn’tthink aboutthat kind ofthingi

2011.Youshopped.Then youshopped ab

more. Thenyou bought abiggerwardrob

That feels wrongnow,which is whythe co

ord’ stimehascome.

Theco-ord is aboutbeingconsidered an

mindful–makingthemost ofwhat youa

ready own, butoccasionallyindulgingin

newthing,becauseyou’r enot atotal saint.I

2011, co-ordswereoutliers. Nowthey’re pi

larsofthecommunity.Thinkoftheversatilit

Wear them asasmartbut flatteringly flui

dress–orajumpsuit,becauseco-ordscomei

trouserguise too. Split thecons tituent par

andweartheminasmanydifferent waysa

youhave theenergyfor.Iseejackets, jean

belts, boots and loafers coming intoplay her

Achunk y, hip-lenggthjumper withthe ski

will be apracticalalternative to thesuitcom

winter,whenablazer plus acoat isacomplet

faff(evenifitdoeslookgo odonInsta).

Theco-ord couldbeamainstayfor years...

So that thing about them being non-biode

ggradableshouldn’tbesuchaproblemaffteral

Whenadress is notadress...

Worn separately or as one,co-ords representanew,

moresustainableway to shop .Oh, and they’refabuloustoo

Shopping by

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Crêpe blouse, £190,

and matching culottes,

£245,bothLayeur

(themodist.com)

Blouse,£ 32 5, an

pleatedskirt,£2 9

bothJoseph(jose

fashion.com)

Blouse, £29.99,and

skirt,£39.99,both

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2019

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