Tatler UK - 09.2019

BYS TA NDE R

FASHION

tatler.com September 2019

Clockwise from right, silk-taffeta

dress, £3,100, by GUCCI.

Silk rope belt, £895, by SONIA

PETROFF. Silk shoes, POA,

by KIRA GOODEY. Leather

and carpet bag, £249.95,

by MADE OF CARPET

Clockwise from right, tapestry

coat, £4,960, by MICHAEL

KORS COLLECTION.

Satin boots, £2,085, by

MANOLO BLAHNIK.

Gold-plated brass and

stone brooch, £290,

by ELLA ZUBROWSKA

Below, cotton jacket, £1,930; by

BROCK COLLECTION at Moda

Operandi. Gold and enamel earrings,

£390, by OSCAR DE LA RENTA

Above, silk top, £3,738, by

OSCAR DE LA RENTA at

Moda Operandi. Cotton skirt,

£1,720, by BROCK COLLECTION

at Moda Operandi

Oscar de

la Renta

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Acne Studios

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Guo Pei

Couture 08

Simone Rocha

A/W 19

George

Harrison &

Patti Boyd

in 1967

Right, wool dress,

£2,095, by ETRO.

Below, gold and

diamond ring, £12,900,

by CARTIER

This season, tapestry – surely one of the oldest

traditions in the style book – was reworked for

the 21st-century catwalks. The delicate hand-

woven craftwork, glinting with threads of gold,

silver and silk, already adorns the interiors and

furniture of Britain’s smartest homes – and now

their inhabitants are wearing it, too. At Oscar de 

la Renta, dense fabrics were worked into feminine

shapes with a plentiful patchwork of florals,

while Michael Kors’ feather-trimmed carpet coat

nailed retro sass and Etro’s hippy-luxe take on

the trend was rich yet relaxed. So, whether you’re

channelling Sixties-era George Harrison in

elegant William Morris, the ever-regal Rihanna

in embroidered gold Guo Pei at the Met Ball or

even Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova, make sure

you’re cut from the same cloth.

Flock & R o l l

Cue tapestry’s curtain call

By LYDIE HARRISON

Anna Pavlova, 1911

PHOTOGRAPH: COLORIZED BY OLGA SHIRNINA

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