I used to read Teen Vogue and every year there would be a 'back to school' issue - tips on shopping for the new term (or semester as you call it over there...) with girls buying Ferragamo pumps and Chanel totes. This of course was all rather baffling and foreign to me. Going 'back to school' in the UK means a trip to WHSmiths stocking up on Parker fountain pen cartridges and snazzy notepads and maybe a trip to M&S for stocking up on tights. With the majority of high schools in America having a no-uniform policy, supposedly it's a free rein but then the recommendations in Teen Vogue always seem to appear to veer towards preppy/casual with a twist.
So I present my own 'back to school' recommendation. Actually, seeing as the label is not even available in the States, it's a pretty piss-poor recommendation but the female offerings from Yuko Yoshitake's AW07-8 collection DID make me think that were I an American high school student, it would do me very nicely! The LCF grad, 2003 winner of the Topshop Designer of the Year award is consistently stocked in Beyond the Valley in Soho and her play with sportswear, elegance always results in covetable everydaywear. Primarily, Yoshitake is a menswear designer so it stands to reason that her menswear designs are a tad more considered and stylised. I quite like the role reversal of the more dressy guy and the dressed-down girl.
Ho ho.... apologies if the opening paragraph nearly fooled you into thinking that I would be able to offer any sagely/useful advice for you high school students. Then again, regular readers should know that one is hard pressed to find anything remotely sagely/useful on Style Bubble.....
