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BOOK REVIEW: RICHARD JAMES SAVILE ROW

by Réginald-Jérôme de Mans

As Troy McClure said about playing the human in a musical adaptation of Planet of the Apes, reviewing this book is “the role I was born to play!”

Simply entitled Richard James: Savile Row, this book commemorates the 25th anniversary in Savile Row of the fashion house and tailors of the same name. A read is somewhat disappointing, full of short essays by what amounts to a rather incestuous school of longtime Richard James fans in British media and entertainment, among them British GQ’s Dylan Jones and Richard’s most notorious client, Elton John.

Elton’s known as a voracious devotee – to not say addict – of his favorite outfitters over the decades, buying out entire shopfloors at times. His twenty-year devotion to Richard James is a key to understanding Richard James’ enormous if unrecognized positive influence on contemporary men’s clothing and British tailoring. Forty years ago Elton dressed head-to-toe in psychedelic Tommy Nutter, switching in the 1980s to over-the-top Gianni Versace glitz. Since the end of the 1990s, he’s evangelized Richard James.

Tommy Nutter, the last tailor-designer in Savile Row, dominated British men’s tailoring in the 1970s. Custom tailoring took a back seat to the cult of the ready-to-wear designer, mostly the Continentals: Pierre Cardin, then Armani and Versace. Nutter had a few isolated 1980s hits, like dressing the Joker in 1989’s Batman, before dying in 1992.

What had become of the British? 1980s attitudes towards luxury and clothing meant regression, selling an image of Britain as Raj, pith helmets, and gin among palm trees, not progress. Ralph Lauren did a much better job selling that ethos in his more expensive lines than any of the British could. Some tried; those of us of a certain age (me) remember seeing cashmere sweaters made in China sold in Bloomingdales under the label of Savile Row tailor Gieves & Hawkes, or blocky ready-to-wear suits at Barneys sold with the name of Savile Row tailor Kilgour, French & Stanbury, although made in Canada by Samuelson. An ersatz Britishness for export markets, an ersatz image and look created by ready-to-wear licensees with little input from the British tailors desperately trying to sell their names abroad.

Into this breach came Richard James. Like Nutter, James is categorically not a trained tailor. What he is, though, is an inspired designer who, since opening on Savile Row, has offered true custom tailoring as well as ready-to-wear in visionary designs. I remember the first Richard James items I noticed, beautiful belts and wallets of gorgeous quality hand stitched in England with contrasting linings in deeply saturated color. I still have one of those belts, in all its magnificence. What did they have to do with British custom tailoring? Nothing – and everything. For the first time a Savile Row name appeared to be doing something relevant, interesting and elegant – and doing it to the fullest extent and the last detail. Savile Row survives by its export markets and by the reputation its tailors have forged for beautiful items of a certain Britishness. No more uninspired licensed items that has as much to do with British elegance as a Sterling car (derided by Consumer Reports for “Industrial Revolution-era” English technology, remember those?). What Richard James has done is modernize British elegance from the creepy colonial-obsessed ethos that today only blinkered Brexiteer bluestockings and Internet edgelords cling to. Even the past James references uses other, more inspired touchstones of British greatness, including his bespoke offer (initially serviced by the Savile Row tailors Anthony J. Hewitt and James Levett before being brought in-house), but also ready-to-wear shirts in stripes that recalled the best of Swinging London; handmade ties whose lush, delicate patterns rivalled the best of midcentury Sulka or today’s Charvet; magnificently, decadently warm alpaca pile ‘teddy bear” coats originally created for 1920s motorists; astonishingly soft leather or suede jackets in the café racer style 1960s London Mods would have died for; and even the made-to-order cashmere socks with custom monograms Corgi used to make for defunct shops of yesteryear like the custom shirtmaker Beale & Inman. It was a vision of Britishness far, far from Lauren’s fantasies, a Britishness that admitted the turmoil of Ted Heath’s premiership, that added much-needed glamor after John Major’s greyness. And James reminded us what was wonderful about the British suit by invoking all that was dashing in its cut. Ready-to-wear suits were made in beautiful cloths from British mills like the impeccable Taylor & Lodge, in unexpectedly evocative colors and patterns: sharp mohair sharkskin, gorgeously patterned real Scottish or Irish tweeds or a French navy that was lighter than the normal shade; even rainbow chalkstripes on a sober dark ground. The cut was always tapered at the waist, double-vented, slant pocketed in the “hacking” style, a look espoused by Patrick Macnee’s subversively too-British John Steed in the 1960s. Richard’s linings were often boldly colorful, to remind us what could be playful about the suit, everything that 1980s pretention (clinging to all the trimmings of colonial oppression) had repressed.

Richard James the book shines in cataloguing those designs in beautiful detail. James really has been the best colorist in the business, as Jones termed him. Even more importantly, this book also shows how James has aced the tricky game of tennis without a net of innovating within the classic: in addition to recreating ruffle-fronted tuxedo shirts like those of George Lazenby’s louche Bond in 1969’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, James also invented tuxedo shirts whose fronts (instead of pleats or stiff waffle-weave Marcella) were hand-beaded by Hand & Lock, beaders and embroiderers to Her Majesty the Queen; Corgi (knitters and hosiers to the Prince of Wales) knitted thick, thick cashmere sweaters with hand-inlaid abstract intarsia designs; elegant cufflinks (always double-sided) recalled childhood marbles in the forms of hand-blown translucent glass or semiprecious banded agate (a real “Aggie”) or amber set in sterling silver; and even a travel bag that recalled the bags given away by Pan Am or Concorde in the early days of jet travel was rendered in ballistic nylon with reflective silver piping and brilliantly contrasting linings.

I’ve never owned a Richard James bespoke suit. I know that his ready-to-wear suits were disappointingly half-canvassed or fused, despite their wonderful materials. But they helped remind me that Savile Row could still be relevant, and that those tailors, despite past reputation, could be approachable and contemporary – and that has been my experience with the other tailors of Savile Row, including the impeccable, evocatively named Steed, whom I loved for their name before ever using them.

Every item with the Richard James name carried and carries the same visionary, whimsical design philosophy, a Britishness less fanciful and more romantic than Paul Smith’s, and far less caricatural and cynical than those of Ralph Lauren or Hackett. Socks, always made to a high-standard by Pantherella, are accented in amusing contrast colors or mad patterns. I have a number that are doing fine almost 20 years later. My Richard James Concorde bag has been a beloved, perfect gym bag for years, while his larger, tougher Japanese denim bag (trimmed in the best British bridle hide) is my go-to travel holdall no matter where on Earth I go. My beaded Richard James tux shirt is a prized piece of design genius, as is a magnificently waterproof raincoat made for him by Mackintosh in a beige twill that cunningly iridesces turquoise or orange from certain angles. For years I’ve searched for the same shade of gorgeous Thomas Mason turquoise twill cotton that an old Richard James shirt is in, but most of his materials are specially made for his designs; even the fine-gauge cotton knits that John Smedley or Peter Geeson created for him seemed to be in special colors and to his own patterns.

That wealth, that treasury of a vision and genius, tumbles out of Richard James’ new book, pictures that really are worth thousands of words and that speak for themselves about the importance of this designer’s contribution, reminding us that Savile Row, indeed British menswear itself, still had things of wonder to offer us.

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Luxury Apparel Market Projected to Grow at a Steady Pace During 2021-2028 Covid-19 Analysis

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Meghan Markle’s best style moments over the years

Meghan Markle's stylish looks over the years and how to shop them today (Photo: Getty Images, Art: Yahoo Lifestyle photo-illustration)

Over the years, Meghan Markle has had myriad memorable fashion looks, but with too many to count, we narrowed them down to her very best style moments.

From the time Meghan just started dating Prince Harry wearing skinny jeans and sporting an Everlane tote at the Invictus Games to becoming the Duchess of Sussex and donning an elegant Givenchy one-shoulder gown at the British Fashion Awards — these are Meghan’s top 8 best fashion looks (and her most wearable).

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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry appear together at the Invictus Games Toronto 2017 on September 25, 2017 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo: Samir Hussein/WireImage)

Love was in the air at the Invictus Games in September 2017. Long before Meghan became a royal and had just started dating Prince Harry, her style was casual and laidback, but still equally chic. Although we don’t see Meghan wearing her Mother Denim distressed skinny jeans, Misha Nonoo shirt, Sarah Flint flats or carrying her Everlane tote anymore, this look is one all of us can relate to — and one we can all sport during the weekend or an afternoon date.

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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex attends the WellChild awards at Royal Lancaster Hotel on September 4, 2018 in London, England. The Duke of Susssex has been patron of WellChild since 2007. (Photo: Samir Hussein/Samir Hussein/WireImage)

In one of Meghan’s rare suit moments, the Duchess of Sussex attended the WellChild awards in London on September 4, 2018, wearing an Altuzarra suit, Deitas camisole, Aquazzura black pumps and Stella McCartney clutch. You can never go wrong with a classic black suit, and this Ann Taylor version is a fraction of the cost of Meghan’s designer version — and it even includes stretch for extra comfort!

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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex during an official visit to Sussex on October 3, 2018 in Chichester, United Kingdom. (Photo: Karwai Tang/WireImage)

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Meghan wore a Dion Lee navy asymmetrical dress and Manolo Blahnik BB heels during a visit to Melbourne. In key royal style, Meghan wore a head-to-toe monochromatic look, just like Queen Elizabeth has been doing for years.

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Meghan’s beach look during the royal tour is one we could never forget because of its impeccable style. She wore a classic Martin Grant trench coat and a Club Monaco black dress with what has been deemed “the most comfortable flats ever” by Rothy’s. This is a timeless look you can wear for years and years to come.

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Meghan Markle during the British Fashion Awards 2018 in Partnership with Swarovski at Royal Albert Hall on December 10, 2018 in London, England. (Photo: Getty Images)

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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex visits The National Theatre on January 30, 2019 in London, England. (Photo: Karwai Tang/WireImage)

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For the Sentebale Polo Cup in July 2018, Meghan wore a belted denim dress by Carolina Herrera and styled it with Tom Ford sunglasses, Aquazzura pumps and a J.Crew rattan clutch. It’s a look tailored for the summertime picnics, barbecues, and more.

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Milan Fashion Week Fall 2019: The Top Trends, Themes & Fashion Moods.

Elegance, brutalism, belt purses, cinched waists, relaxed power suits, grunge and masks that conceal and reveal: these are just some of the trends, themes and fashion moods that inspired the Milan Fashion Week Fall 2019 collections. Let’s take a closer look…

Plus don’t miss what our editors spotted at New York Fashion Week and London Fashion Week for fall 2019.

The New Age of Elegance:

As a counterpoint to the IDGAF street-style sensibility, designers explored an understated and fluid expression of elegance that felt fresh and liberating.

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The New Age Of Elegance

Anna Molinari’s sweeping chiffon dresses epitomize retro, ethereal elegance.

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The New Age Of Elegance

Paul Surridge’s gorgeous billowing cocktail dress was refined and graceful.

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The New Age Of Elegance

Dolce & Gabbana’s show was themed around a return to elegance. Backstage Steffano Gabbana told the Guardian that he would like to “turn the page” and teach the new generation about timeless elegance. “I don’t know if it’s wrong or good but this is our point of view … fashion is the mirror of the times [reflecting] what is outside – sometimes we get it right, sometimes not.”

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The New Age Of Elegance

At Salvatore Ferragamo, Paul Andrew’s daywear pieces were elegantly understated with a stylish hint of sensuality.

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The New Age Of Elegance

Karl Lagerfeld’s last collection for Fendi was modern, glamourous and refined.

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The New Age Of Elegance

Elegance came with a seductive, tailored twist at Ermanno Scervino.

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The New Age Of Elegance

Lucie and Luke Meier created thoughtful, sensual silhouettes that remain timelessly elegant.

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The New Age Of Elegance

Agnona’s creative director Simon Holloway excels at discreet relaxed elegance.

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The New Age Of Elegance

Daniele Calcaterra’s take on elegance was abstract and monastic.

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The New Age Of Elegance

At Ujoh, designer Mitsuru Nishizaki mastered a stylized, kimono-like breezy elegance.

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The New Age Of Elegance

Alberto Zambelli’s draped and genteel aesthetic was sensual and feminine.

Fashion Politics

The political sentiments and aesthetics being expressed on the Milan Fall 2019 runways ranged from a brutalism-inspired response to today’s pressing political and environmental concerns, to OTT commentary on consumption, to an exploration of the sexiness in the #metoo era.

Photography courtesy of Imaxtree

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Fashion Politics

This season it was about romance and fear for Miuccia Prada. “In the sense that the two forces I feel at the moment are fear and danger, but at the same time romance is the solution. So these are pieces of love stories, introducing good in a world that has a lot of bad,” she told reporters in a scrum after the show.

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Fashion Politics

Romance with a punkish protective twist was also seen at Act N1.

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Fashion Politics

Francesco Risso’s Marni woman was wrestling with giving into guilty pleasures. Risso called it a “neuroerotik” duality that came with an unexpected kinky twist.

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Fashion Politics

There were plenty of sensual, softer offerings at Daniel Lee’s runway debut for Bottega Veneta, but this look tapped into a collective yearning for protective gear in dangerous times.

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Fashion Politics

Protection was also at the heart of the collection Simone Rocha created for Moncler. She said she imagined these were clothes that Girl Guides might wear to protect themselves from nature.

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Fashion Politics

The Gucci show, which took place in a mirrored dome lit by pulsating strobes of light, was inspired by views on totalitarianism expressed by philosopher Hannah Arendt. Alessandro Michele was also inspired by Arendt’s take on masks, which she felt people wore for protection and deception.

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Fashion Politics

Marco de Vincenzo brought his own seductively twisted take on femininity in complicated times.

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Fashion Politics

Alexandra Moura’s collection was quirky with a slightly menacing sensibility inspired by fantastical beasts and monsters.

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Fashion Politics

Alessandro Dell’Acqua of N21 said he was inspired by Brian De Palma’s 1980 film Dressed to Kill. He created a noirish take on sexuality where the woman was in charge.

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Fashion Politics

Donatella Versace’s 90s punk-like collection was meant to challenge our fascination with the perfection-obsessed Instagram worlds we create. In press interviews she made the cultural declaration that “imperfection was the new perfection.”

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Fashion Politics

Jeremy Scott’s Moschino game show was seen by some as ironic commentary on society’s fixation with possessions and wealth.

Suit Up!

Call it the Pelosi-effect: designers offered women grownup suiting options that are timeless, inclusive and exquisitely crafted with a modern and relaxed silhouette. Other designers at Milan Fashion Week Fall 2019 added a touch of punk as well as oversized and exaggerated shapes to layer in a creative twist to biz-wear.

Image courtesy of Imaxtree

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Well Suited

After Nancy Pelosi wore a Max Mara red jacket to meet with Donald Trump to discuss funding for the border wall, it reinforced the power and allure of power dressing. Max Mara’s offerings for fall are similarly understated and confidence-inducing.

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Well Suited

The power suit at Salvatore Ferragamo was earthy, tailored and exquisitely made.

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Well Suited

Giorgio Armani’s Rhapsody in Blue collection brought an unexpected twist to classic suiting with an elongated jodhpur leg.

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Well Suited

Anteprima added a high-waisted feminine touch to a classic masculine silhouette.

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Well Suited

Marni’s woman means business: classic tailoring yet edgy and modern.

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Well Suited

Nothing says “don’t mess with me” more than this leather suit from Scervino.

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Well Suited

Annakiki contrasted a classic shape with playfully bulbous sleeves that added a bold and witty touch.

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Well Suited

At Jil Sander, suiting options were oversized and softer, but still powerfully chic.

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Well Suited

Moura paired an innocent sensibility prairie girl skirt with a reserved and somber jacket.

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Well Suited

With the exception of the spiked belting, this silver suit was an example of a sharper, more pared-back direction at Gucci.

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Well Suited

Elisabetta Franchi brought a 60s-meets-streetstyle twist to her modern mini suiting.

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Well Suited

At MSGM, the sensibility was an artsy boy-meets-girl suiting that was playful and confident.

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Well Suited

At Dolce & Gabbana suiting was retro, stylish & chic.

History Lessons

Many designers were in the mood to look to the past to redefine their future. The results, which were inspired by archival references, historical muses or experiences in their private lives, are sentimental, sexy and inventive.

Photo courtesy of Imaxtree

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History Lessons

Donatella Versace entered the time machine and dialled it back to 1994 when Versace transformed the safety pin into a stylish fashion staple. It’s back and so too is Stephanie Seymour, the 90s supermodel who closed the grungy lux inspired show.

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History Lessons

Canada’s own iconic Liisa Winkler returned to the runway to wear this stunning cashmere robe coat from Salvatore Ferragamo.

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History Lessons

Salvatore Ferragamo’s creative director Paul Andrew was inspired by a shoe designed in 1968 by Fiamma Ferragama.

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History Lessons

Angela Missoni dove back into the mid 70s to ensure the collection had the same linear silhouette paired with new interpretations of the timeless knits associated with the house.

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History Lessons

The shirt collars at Fendi were reminiscent of the style worn by Karl Lagerfeld, who passed away days before the show. He had been with the house since 1965.

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History Lessons

The boho-artist has long inspired the aristocratic-posh look at Etro. She returned this season with a tighter silhouette but the same exotic vibe.

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History Lessons

Of the 127 looks at Dolce & Gabbana, the ones inspired by avant-garde artists brought a fresh dimension to their work.

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History Lessons

Chinese designer Angel Chen’s fall 2019 was inspired by ancient nomadic shepherds based in the Sichuan region called the Qiang people.

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History Lessons

The clavicle-baring necklines at Bottega Veneta were inspired by 16th century portraiture.

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History Lessons

Nicola Brognano was imagining a modern day Marie Antoinette when she designed this collection.

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History Lessons

Paul Surridge took the Roberto Cavalli classic tiger print and transformed it into an abstract pattern that was modern and unexpected.

This Season’s It Bag

Designers delivered on form and function with this season’s bags that were either cinched to a belt, worn as a necklace or a scarf. #brilliant #musthave

Photo courtesy of Imaxtree

Photo courtesy of ImaxtreePhoto courtesy of Imaxtree

Photo courtesy of Imaxtree

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The Season’s It “Belt” Bag

Shalom Harlow sports the belt bag at Versace.

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The Season’s It “Belt” Bag

Maryling’s take on this season’s functional and fashionable belt bag.

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The Season’s It “Belt” Bag

Fanny pack fantasies at Iceberg.

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The Season’s It “Belt” Bag

Etsy meets mountain climber-chic at Gilberto Calzolari.

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The Season’s It “Belt” Bag

A fun, OTT street-style take on the fanny pack from GCDS.

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The Season’s It “Belt” Bag

Perhaps the chicest take on the belt bag this season from Fendi.

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The Season’s It “Belt” Bag

A two-toned classic take from Elisabetta Franchi.

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The Season’s It “Belt” Bag

A dangling twist from Cividini.

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The Season’s It “Belt” Bag

Don’t-mess-with-me perfection from Cavalli.

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The Season’s It “Belt” Bag

Fashion mirage at Anteprima for those who want something a little more stealth.

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The Season’s It “Belt” Bag

The first of three honourable mentions for free-floating bag options. This necklace bag from Beatrice is cute and chic.

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The Season’s It “Belt” Bag

It’s not a belt bag… but this front-loading bag from Max Mara is envy-inducing.

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The Season’s It “Belt” Bag

This duel scarf non-belt bag from Max Mara is stylish and oh so practical.

This Season’s Key Silhouette

At Milan Fashion Week Fall 2019 fluid layers and loose shapes were given a stylish and feminine touch with wide belts that hinted at and accentuated shapely curves.

Photo courtesy of Imaxtree

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