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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Anita Chaudhuri

Why is fashion now so boring, beige and banal?

Dressing down … a model on the runway at Miu Miu Fall 2023 Ready To Wear Fashion Show earlier this year
Dressing down … a model on the runway at Miu Miu Fall 2023 Ready To Wear Fashion Show earlier this year. Photograph: Swan Gallet/WWD/Getty Images

Leafing through Grazia magazine’s autumn fashion special, amid the adverts for Cartier panther rings, power suits and slinky boots, I was stopped in my tracks by the following headline: “Is your wardrobe boring enough?”

Apparently, this season’s catwalk shows were teeming with hoodies worn under drab coats combined with leggings, trainers and cross-body bags. It’s me! At last, the capsule wardrobe I have painstakingly curated over many years is bang on trend. (Well, maybe not my cashmere hoodie which has served as a free buffet for all the moths in north London since I last wore it, but that’s a mere detail.)

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