Handbag of the Week: Topshop Grosgrain Nude Chain And Bow Long Strap Lock Detail Bag

topshop nude bow bag Handbag of the Week: Topshop Grosgrain Nude Chain And Bow Long Strap Lock Detail Bag

The Chief of Police had the opportunity to interview this bag in person, during a reconnaissance mission to Topshop last week, and can report that it’s much nicer in person than it is in the image: so nice, in fact, that she decided to make it Handbag of the Week.

The chain and bow detail gives this a vaguely Lanvin-esque feel, but without the Lanvin price tag. Actually, this is just £26: yet another reason to love it.

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Unsolved Mysteries: Prada’s flatform lace-ups sell out

prada flatform lace ups Unsolved Mysteries: Pradas flatform lace ups sell out

These £510 Prada “flatforms” are so popular there is currently a waiting list for them.

If someone has a reasonable explanation why this has come to pass, we’d love to hear it.

Strange Sunglasses: Jeremy Scott x Linda Farrow ‘Hands’ shades

jeremy scott linda farrow Strange Sunglasses: Jeremy Scott x Linda Farrow Hands shades

OK, so they’d make a pretty cool Halloween prop, we’ll give them that.

But for the rest of the year? And for $200? That would be a “no” from us. Apparently it was a “yes” from everyone else, though, because these are already sold out at Colette.

Funny old world, isn’t it?

Look like a domestic goddess, with Tsumori Chisato

50s housewife skirt Look like a domestic goddess, with Tsumori Chisato The “fifties housewife” look is the height of fashion right now, readers, and what better way to get the look than with this Tsumori Chisato skirt, which comes complete with a pair of oven gloves hanging from the waistband!

At least, we think they’re oven gloves. They could also be floral ovaries, although obviously that would be even stranger.

This is £194 – click here to buy it.

Ugly Shoes: Mid calf peep toe boots

Jil Sandler Navy open toe mid calf boots Ugly Shoes: Mid calf peep toe bootsNow you know that the Fashion Police dislike a peep toe boot at the best of times, but this example is particularly ugly and breaks all sorts of fashion rules.  They are canvas, they are flat, and that is not so much a peep toe as a ‘completely cut off and foot in danger of sliding out of the end’ toe.  And making it mid calf height?  Jil Sander (for it is she who designed this boot fail) you know that mid calf boots are hard to pull off at the best of times unless you have the legs of Kate Moss, but making them flat as well?  That was just asking for trouble!

What do you think though?  Can you can see beyond the ugliness and find some redeeming feature in these boots?  If you can, and you want to buy them, they are $395 at Shopbop.

What’s worse than marble-wash shorts?

marble wash jeans Whats worse than marble wash shorts?

Oh, for Gaga’s sake! Marble wash shorts with sheer tights? Really? We’re going to do that? Because we can’t imagine anything worse than that, really.

ugly jeans cheap monday Whats worse than marble wash shorts?

Oh. Right. It’s like that, is it? Those shorts and tights are actually starting to look quite good now, aren’t they?

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