VB Just Wore the Best Not-So-Basic Basics
Last season, during the September round of the London Fashion Week shows, Victoria Beckham decided to bring her 10-year-old eponymous brand back to UK soil and switch from her usual New York–based runway presentation. Team Who What Wear (not quite believing our luck) thought this would be a one-off thing for the anniversary. However, it turns out that the allure of her home country's capital is too strong to ignore, and today, the designer showed yet another season in our fair city.
What also happened last September is that Victoria Beckham's chosen runway bow outfit set the agenda for many of our own outfits to come over the next six months. At the time, she sparked a trend for camel blazers. Fast-forward to today and we're still wearing them on repeat (something that we hadn't actually done pre-VB catwalk). So what did she wear today, and what hit the runway?
Victoria's A/W 19 show will cement what you're going to wear to work next season: natty heritage checked blazers, sharp-as-ever tailored trousers and snug knits layered over exaggerated-collar shirts that were made for a modern working girl's dream job. It was full of neutral tones yet punctuated with unexpected splashes of red. There were also flattering silky dresses draped around the body in chain and knot prints.
Victoria herself is often the bell-weather of what will translate into our wardrobes ahead of what actually becomes available a few months down the line, and for today's catwalk bow, she chose to wear a shrunken brown jumper with a giant knot intarsia motif layered over a white pointed-collar shirt and black wide-leg trousers (an easy everyday look if ever saw one). Keep scrolling to see Victoria's outfit and discover some of our favourite looks from the show.
Up next, Victoria Beckham shows how you can still wear a dress even when it's freezing outside.
Hannah Almassi is the Editor in Chief of Who What Wear UK. Hannah has been part of the the Who What Wear brand since 2015, when she was headhunted to launch the UK sister site and social channels, implement a localised content strategy and build out the editorial team. She joined following a seven-year tenure at Grazia magazine, where she led front-of-book news, fashion features and shopping specials as fashion news and features editor. With experience in both print and digital across fashion and beauty, Hannah has over 16 years in the field as a journalist, editor, content strategist and brand consultant. Hannah has interviewed industry heavyweights such as designers including Marc Jacobs and Jonathan Anderson through to arbiters of taste including Katie Grand and Anna Dello Russo. A skilled moderator and lecturer specialising in the shift to digital media and e-commerce, Hannah’s opinion and work has been sought by the likes of CNBC, BBC, The Sunday Times Style, The Times, The Telegraph and MatchesFashion.com, among many others. Hannah is often called upon for her take on trends, becoming known as a person with their finger of the pulse of what’s happening in the fashion space for stylish Brits. Hannah currently resides in Eastbourne with her photographer husband, incredibly busy son and highly Instagrammable cat.
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