From Yeti boots to rhinestone-studded ski goggles, Mohican haired shoes to lace-lensed sunglasses, accessories are making the statement for autumn/winter 2011. Here begins your complete guide to the season’s hottest accompaniments.
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The call of the wild is loud and clear this season with furs and animal prints dictating colour and texture.
At Dior and Louis Vuitton styling was lady-like with hand held fur bags for their 1950s muses.
For Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld combined fur with the Houses’ signature features adding chain shoulder straps and contrasting it with quilted and tweed textures.
Footwear too is getting a stroke of fur. Chanel’s Arctic adventure inspired Yeti-like boots with clear Perspex heels looking like stilettos made from icicles. D&G too were feeling the cold, offering both warmth and comfort with shaggy fur boots.
The most original use of fur though, came from Yves Saint Laurent where Mohican-style strips ran up fronts and down heels of shoes in electric blue and ultra violet.
If it’s not fur then it’s print referencing the animal kingdom. Leopard spots feature on bags at Chloe, Ralph Lauren and Cavalli whilst Valentino went monochrome with a flash of zebra stripes.
Skins are a prerequisite for accessories but this season’s taste for the exotic sees textural skins dominating. Snake and crocodile with their scaly surfaces were seen at Lanvin, Louis Vuitton and on neat little envelope bags at Celine.
The look is animal luxe. Harking back to the days when a fur coat was a wardrobe staple, styling should be polished not trashy. Black leathers and skins need a soft sheen and should be matched with sky-high heels. Play up the heritage factor and soften leopard patterns with rustic brown leather. The mood? Think African Queen not jungle Jane.
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