Front row with Amy Williams
Fashion in five...ERIN O’CONNOR
Front Row's favourite Brit model Erin O'Connor
The British handbag brand Radley is having a bit of a moment with a bright and beautiful new collection fronted by Front Row’s favourite Brit model Erin O’Connor. We caught up with her at the launch…
Purchase of the season? A long printed belt from Vivienne Westwood that I’m going to knot over dresses. It’s in the same pattern as the rugs in Vivienne’s Conduit Street boutique, which I covet.
Handbag of choice? I like a good clutch. Neat enough to leave on a table in a restaurant but roomy enough for phone, keys, cash – your clutch should always contain your means of getting home.
Outfit for a hot date? A midnight blue Vivienne Westwood dress, my favourite ‘Love’ ring by Solange Azagury-Partridge and black Gina stilettos, which I tend to kick off under the table.
Beauty secret? A make-up artist! I’m lucky that I get make-up done for me on shoots and it simply smudges with me into the evening. I also swear by Eve Lom facials.
Dream escape from planet fashion? Weekends in the Cotswolds. For the past 16 years I’ve been based in New York, and nothing can beat coming home to green hills when the weather is good.
Fall for Grace
Pringle’s Princess Grace cashmere collection brings the style icon’s inimitable chic bang up to date with the help of Central Saint Martins students, who looked to her archives for inspiration. Our pick
is the oh-so-2013 name-toting jumper.
DRESS, £895, Pringle of Scotland, pringlescotland.com
JUMPER, £695, Pringle of Scotland, pringlescotland.com
Wear where... LONDON FASHION WEEKEND
Somerset House, 19-22 September, londonfashionweekend.co.uk
Jeans, £170, Juicy Couture, juicycouture.com
Shirt, £89, Lacoste, tel: 020 7225 2851
Coat, £69, Topshop, topshop.com
Life begins at 80
Fabulous Fashionistas is a must-see documentary about six stylish women with an average age of 80 who are defying our expectations of the ageing process. To quote one of its stars, Baroness Trumpington, ‘The moment you start letting yourself go is the moment you grow old.’
■ Fabulous Fashionistas (a Cutting Edge film) is on Channel 4 on 16 September at 10pm
IT’S DARLING
It by Alexa Chung (Penguin, £16.99)
To order a copy for £11.99 with free p&p, contact the YOU bookshop on 0844 472 4157, you-bookshop.co.uk
