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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Lauren Cochrane

From streetwear to high fashion: why the puffer jacket is still a sign of the times

Lily Allen West End Girl Album artwork cover art
A puffer jacket features in the cover art of Lily Allen’s West End Girl. Photograph: BMG Music/Murray Chalmers PR/PA

If West End Girl, Lily Allen’s first album for seven years, which details the breakdown of her relationship has occupied the minds of music critics and marriage counsellors, fashion watchers have spotted something different.

The puffer jacket Allen is wearing on the cover is not just a pop of colour in what may become an iconic album cover, it is also a sign of the times – underlining just how ubiquitous this jacket shape has become as winter arrives each year.

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