Fringely bohemian: Kate Moss for TopShop

English mode Kate Moss has decided to collaborate once again with Topshop on a SS collection after a four-year hiatus. This new collection described as ultimate hippie chic with a hint or rocker style has multiple tasseled, beaded, sequins pieces that work sometime well, sometimes not so well.  Apparently, the collection comprises four style stories: balearic dressing, pyjama dressin, cocktail hour and tailoring noir.

Maybe being away from the designing world for four year has taken its toll on Kate Moss, for this collection, to me, seems a try to comply too many ideas that don’t work together neither with the current fashion. It’s bohemian and represents summer but it doesn’t quite get to the chic way people like Florence Welch are.

 The collection, that will be available in all Topshop stores and online from April 30^th, gives a vibe of bohemian style mixed with vintage-like pieces. Kate Moss might have tried too hard to put her ideas into this garments, which is appreciated but maybe a little bit excessive. I have the feeling that I have already seen these clothes before as something Phoebe Halliwell would wear in the middle seasons of Charmed, and it is maybe too soon to revive the 2000’s style. 

Liked: 

1.       Flirty dress with floral pattern (or any of the other short dresses) is perfect for Spring.

2.       Long white dress and its short version (for those who don’t have a supermodel legs length) are great for day and evening occasions, very chic and full of boho style.

3.       A country reinterpretation of the little black dress which adds movement and a fun aura to it thanks to the long fringe from the neckline to above the knee.  

4.       Short jump suit, elegant and sexy with transparency on the top part. Easy and chic for an evening event.

5.      and  6.  A handkerchief blouse and riveted shorts to wear at the festival season.

Disliked: 

1.       One shoulder maid-of-honor-like dress.

2.       and 3. Long dresses with spaghetti straps. This screams to me 2003. It’s something Hale Berry or Christina Aguilera would wear to a Red Carpet event back in the early 2000’s

4.       Leather waistcoat. The problem with these pieces is not its design but its versatility. Asking a customer to spend £250, especially in a TopShop store where the target audience is young people, in a garment that can be worn in counted occasion is not very acceptable.

5.       Brown shorts. Maybe I’ll change my mind about this one, but on this first peek to the collection they look to me like some sloppy bad-fitted brown shorts. 

The 40-piece collection will be available online and instore at Topshop, as well as Nordstrom, Nordstrom.com and Net-a-porter.com from April 30^th onwards.