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FASHION

BYS TA NDE R

Clockwise from left, skirt,

£589, by BURBERRY at

Matches Fashion. Jacket,

£2,040, by ZEYNEP ARCAY.

Patent-leather shoes, £580, by

PRADA at Net-A-Porter

Left, coat, £1,025, by

SIES MARJAN at

Net-A-Porter. Vinyl

tote bag, £610,

by VERSACE

Vinyl dress, £27,505,

by BALMAIN

Left, vinyl hat, £206,

by ERIC JAVITS

at Moda Operandi.

Below, vinyl bag,

£1,550, by FENDI

Clockwise from left,

Leather and vinyl coat,

£2,890, by FENDI at

Net-A-Porter. Shoes,

£625, by GIANVITO

ROSSI

Vinyl is back. When Gianni Versace sent out supers

Linda Evangelista, Claudia Schiffer and Helena

Christensen in a rainbow of patent coats in

1994, he triggered a fashion infatuation that

• if Versace’s Pre-Fall 19 collection is anything
  to go by – is all about the gloss. Even the mono-
  chrome palette at Balmain spoke volumes with
  its high-shine ensembles, pairing structured vinyl
  trousers with silk jackets. The juxtaposition of
  pencil skirts with pillar-box red jackets at Burberry
  made for a ladylike interpretation of the trend,
  while Prada’s pink and violet shoes are a brilliant
  way to slip into the shine of the new season.
  Lady Amelia Windsor was among the first to
  take the trend to town, spotted in a strapless,
  Pepto-Bismol-pink Halpern dress at a Love
  magazine party in Mayfair.

the vinyl

frontier

Trip the light fantastic

By OLIVIA BENNETT

Versace

S/S 94

Versace

Pre-Fall 19

Balmain

S/S 19

Amelia

Windsor

Burberry

S/S 19

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