Really Impractical Things We Wish We Could Wear From Fashion Month. But Won’t.

In which we imagine whether Ashish's princess dress or Celine's Big Bird muff might be impossible to pull off IRL...

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by Pandora Sykes |
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Amidst the highs, lows, tears and fights of Fashion Weeks in four capital cities back-to-back there are always a few certainties. 1. A model will fall over. 2. Anna Wintour will smile - and everyone will lose their shit over it. 3. There will be clothes we immediately add to our wishlist (hello, Topshop). And 4. There will be a whole host of ridiculous, daft, couldn't-wear-them-anywhere-but-the-catwalk looks.

Here's where we celebrate those. Because fashion's meant to be fun, right?

A Moschino Happy Meal Handbag

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McDonalds may not have been too happy with Jeremy Scott's debut collection for Moschino, but the kitsch joys of a Happy Meal handbag know no bounds in our mind. If only one could wear this to everyday occasions (ditto double cow print) without looking like you're trying to upstage Katy Perry on, er, stage.

A Barely There Julien Macdonald Evening Gown

 

We obviously do have not one event in our entire social calendar from here until 2065 where this stunningly-beautiful-slash-naked dress would be deemed appropriate garb. And even if we did we're haunted by the idea of sausage skin spilling out of mesh. But props to this model for pulling it off. We're almost jealous.

A Paul Smith Dressing Gown Coat

 

For anyone dismissive of London's old guard, Paul Smith was a lesson in colourful silk pyjama-wear. Oh, to swoon around town like a modern day Oscar Wilde in this - a pinstripe dressing gown over printed pyjama bottoms. Grocery shopping never got so louche. Sadly we don't think Sainsbury's would approve.

Barbara Bui Studs - From Head To Toe

 

How goddamn Sasha Fierce does Andreea Diaconu look in her studded three piece? (Four if you count each shoe individually.) Wear this on the bus though and you're asking to be mocked. Wear it at an airport and you're asking to be arrested.

A Burberry Monogrammed Blanket

 

We can think of nothing posher than turning up at your mate's place for fajitas, with a ginormous initialled blanket casually thrown over your right shoulder. The mind boggles at the opportunities that may come with having a branded blanket always on your person. A personalised picnic anywhere you go, perhaps?

An Ashish Princess Dress

 

God, Chloe Noorgard is the stuff of pre-school dreams, right here. A strapless tulle sparkly bubblegum pink princess dress with a curly purple wig and light-up Buffalos. The thing about five-year-old dressing up box fantasties, is that they never die. Even when you know that they don't belong outside a dressing up box any more.

A Gigantic Acne Bobble Hat

 

Because who needs to see?

A Bright Orange Celine Merkin

 

OK, it's a clutch, not a merkin, but when a clutch is also a muff it gets a bit... confusing? The softness, the size, the colour - this Big Bird clutch bag could be your very own pet. Like most pets though, it looks more trouble than it's worth. Plus, we're not sure there's actually any space for your iPhone/tampax/lipstick inside.

A Chanel Belly Chain

 

The Yonce impulse will never leave us. With that in mind, a little bit of us really, really wanted a belly chain (oh, and the entire Chanel supermarche.) Unfortunately, we are not Beyonce. Or Ri Ri, for that matter. We do not gyrate around music videos, seduce our 8 gazillion Instagram followers, or roll sexily around Barbadian beaches. Which means belly chains don't really belong in our wardrobe repetoire.

The Tom Ford Molly Dress

 

Tom Ford thanked Jay-Z's for his 'I don't pop molly/ I rock Tom Ford' lyic, with this glittery 'Molly' football jersey dress and we now really want to wear this dress so that we feel part of the 'in' joke. Thing is, it's about £1830. We don't even want to think about how much that is per sequin.

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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.

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