London Street Style

Bitchy Intern took to the streets to scout out the feistiest and fiercest of fashionistas… what were they wearing for autumn/winter and how were they working it? Hitting Portobello Market seemed the best bet as a sprouting ground of good clobber. And I wasn’t disappointed. The lovely market stall hecklers were very well turned out indeed, and their clientele scrubbed up pretty decently too. So what have we got? The resounding answers would be fur, twee hats, denim shirts and jackets and a whole load of punky, pixie, battered boots.

Studding:

Kickass studding

We’ve got studding coming out of our ears at the moment. It was on black rebel motorcycle club leather jackets, decorating collars and edging up sleeves and cuffs, and it was on boots galore. One rather fetching lady had embellished her TK Maxx find lovingly herself; a girl after our own hearts. Another jacket had studs riveted across the entire back, so she had to keep her hair swept up to show it off. We’ve got customised studded jackets in stock at the moment, so embrace the inner rock chick in you and give it a bit of edge for winter.

One we made earlier...

Fur vs. Denim:

The lady likes fur. Whether real or faux, fur was in abundance in fashion land, like walking into a bear enclosure at the zoo. Gravitating towards the fur stalls, everybody had a cheeky flirt of fur in their ensemble. With Russian Dr Zhivago fur hats, fur collars on leather coats, fur scarves, and whole jackets of fur, it was a pretty snugly place. Then there was the rival of fur, denim… denim jackets and shirts are something of a staple fixture on the high street currently, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be cool. Worn with sass over cheeky playsuits and with additional layering, these babies can add some cowboy rustic chic to the simplest of outfits.

Fur girls

Edie Sedgwick style

Its a keeper

Boots:

Its autumn/winter so it will come as no shocking surprise that the girls are wearing boots. I wish we could wear boots all year round, they are that damn good. We’ve got pixie boots, studded boots, buckles galore, fur trimmings in abundance, biker boots laced up to the knee and relaxed doc martins stomping the streets. Boots are just perfect for adding some height or wandering flat, battling the unpredictable weather and edging up any outfit. A big winner was the little pixie boot number, but also battling it out in the other corner were mannish, big bad boy boots. Who will win, only you can decide.

Boots, boots, boots

Pixie fur vs...

... heavy duty workmen

Hats:

Now, yes, we do wear a lot of hats in winter. So yes, again, this might be somewhat of an obvious choice that wouldn’t necessarily involve much trend research. BUT, these aren’t knitted woolly granny numbers typically seen around Christmas. NO, these are the twee, tweed, tweedledum, robin hood style pieces with a feather (optional) sticking out, usually worn only by scensters around Hoxton, but now taking over the winter wardrobe. Yes, they keep your ears warm, but they sure aren’t earmuffs. More a fashion than a practical purchase, these badboys were sprouting up to compliment the coolest of outfits as a real pièce de resistance.

Robin Hood style

So there you have it. If you want to look autumn/winter 2009, just bang on a quirky hat, layer up the fur, add a dose of studding and wear one pixie boot and one mannish boot.

By Becky Cope

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