TRAVEL LIKE A VAMPIRE
Have you been very good? Are you in the possession of a generous benefactor? Then cast an eye over The Vampire’s Wife’s new collection with Globe-Trotter, which is guaranteed to elevate baggage carousels. From trunks to vanity cases in black or ivory, inset with blood red or glittering black interiors and bold brass hardware, each piece is drenched in founder Susie Cave’s signature darkly decadent touch. It’s a fitting luggage debut for the designer, who cites Elizabeth Taylor ‘with all her pets, suitcases, jewels and outrageous charms’ as her travel style icon. But how does fashion’s most famous Gothic queen relocate? ‘I am, to my husband’s horror, a maximalist,’ she offers. ‘I pack everything and more. He carries it! My favourite recent destination is near Buffalo. Fredonia, to be exact, for its haunted forests and dark rolling skies.’
From £1,195 thevampireswife.com
GREAT BALLS
Don’t let your tree pull your fashion credentials down. Charles Jeffrey Loverboy’s paint-splattered Wedgwood baubles have just enough punch.
THEY WERE ALL YELLOW (OR SILVER)
What happened when Coldplay’s bassist and jeweller Hannah Martin (no relation to Chris) met on a flight? Quite a chic new collaboration under Guy Berryman’s Applied Art Forms brand umbrella. Named A Vanitas after the fleeting nature of life (festive), it features razor-blade motifs and safety pins rendered in hefty gold and sterling silver plus pearl skull earrings. ‘For party season I’m wearing the earrings all stacked up,’ says Martin of the timeless rock’n’roll-ish pieces. ‘With a mixture of silver and gold in one ear. Basically you could be wearing your gym kit and people will still think you look cool.’
Hannahmartinlondon.com; appliedartforms.com
HOW IRISH IS YOUR KNITWEAR?
New knitwear obsession Moss + Cable from London College of Fashion graduate Siobhan McKenna offers scrumptious unisex Aran knits stitched by local Donegal artisans. From balaclavas (ideal for this winter’s nursery knitwear mood) to lambswool roll-necks, these are stalwart, forever wardrobe additions.
From £49 mossandcable.com
ADD TO BASKET
COMME DES GARÇONS leather coin purse, £64, at farfetch.com
Sofia Coppola Archive book, £55, at climax books.com
