>> I'm probably about to offend the school of women who worship at the alter of Celine with my choice of words, but I had to round up this particular trio of coats/capes, representing three distinct price stratas too using the word 'bathmat'. I blame Steve really. It's all looking a bit 'bathmat' to Steve be it Celine's fluffy sheepskin, Acne's nubbly cream wool or the vintage version that I saw at The Shop on Cheshire Street which prompted the trio . That's not to say that the heights of perfection can't be reached within the bathmat context as Celine's gold-clasped fluffy cape and leather collar-ed reverse shearling coat clearly demonstrate. I'll leave it up to SHOWstudio's ode to Celine's ability to do 'Perfect', to illustrate this...
(Stills from 'Perfect' film by Ruth Hogben, Styling by Katie Shillinford)
A closer look at the fully accomplished bathmat piece with its choice bit of accompaniment - Emma Balfour looking like she might kill you if you dare even think about flicking a drop of water on her bathmat cape in the ad campaign...
Acne's Galaxy Wool T-shaped coat is less tufted and fluffy but still definitely nubbly and fibrous enough to warrant bathmat status. I nearly bent to its will when I was in Browns Shop 24 where it's hanging up because the cocoon shape along with the star-cut collar and zippers in the sleeves were all sitting in all the right places...but then...
...perhaps I knew all along that something like this would pop up for a mere £50 at The Shop on Cheshire Street. Alright, this is reaching the almost inferior level of bathmat and it doesn't really stand a chance against Miss Perfect at the top and Miss Galaxy above. But it does tick a very fluffy fluffy box. And there's also a slight chance that were I to take a ridonculous bath Daphne Guinness style, this WOULD actually come in handy for absorbing some of the wettage. I didn't buy it in the end as I'm still thinking that Miss Galaxy might do the trick (I can just FOR-GET about Miss Perfect....) but head down to The Shop if you're after some bathmat action...
P.S. The smart buyers at The Shop have also got in a LOAD of vintage hand-knitted chunky cable,Gucci Messenger Bag, Aran and waffle knitted jumpers at about £30 a pop... may have felt like I paid through the nose as I was rummaging wearing my pink Prada jumper...
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