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Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Saskia Kemsley

The streets are filled with suede jackets right now - here are the best to buy

There’s something unmistakably '70s about suede.

It was the uniform of the decade – cut into styles ranging from skin-tight flares and halter neck tops to clean-lined blazers and shirts. Often adorned with western tassels and beads (if you were lucky), suede was a symbol of counterculture dressing that phased out in the 80s before returning in sleeker, more minimalistic fashion in the 90s.

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