We were lucky enough to have a couple of moments of winter sunshine the last couple of weeks, so while I feel like this outfit is really summer dressing, I've decided I'm justified in wearing it now. Plus this angora leopard-print-pinky-purple jumper is mighty warm. I've written a little bit about the second Meadham Kirchhoff/Topshop collaboration before, but when something's good you want to bring it up more than once. MK are Edward Meadham and Benjamin Kirchhoff, from England and France respectively. They're well in established in the fashion world and known for their whimsical, irreverent and intricate designs. This jumper and skirt are from their sophomore collection for Topshop, which was inspired by how they would like to dress their fictional band 'The Cherrys'. They're a little bit surreal, a large bit fantasy, often using sickly sweet palates and clashing over saturated colours. But there's always a twist, for example using PVC for their frilly red and turquoise playsuit.
The print of this skirt really reminded me of 90's cartoons like Care Bears and My Little Pony, maybe not the most obvious points when you're picking clothes as an adult woman, but I like that. It's a bit subversive. I've spent a lot of time on their website recently, just watching the brightly coloured cakes and models in thigh-high boots decorated with bows swish past. The choice of music and film samples are also wonderfully unsettling. Fingers crossed they work with Topshop again.
