Cocoa for coco
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Straddling the autumn/winter divide in transitional clothing like cardi-coats is one thing, but the night-time/bedtime divide surely demands no such hybrid. As much as a silk nightie could double up as a slip dress, most would go for Prada over La Perla to be on the safe side. Coco Sumner at the Zadig & Voltaire launch party shows us there’s no such thing as safe – that to have one foot in party mode and the other in the land of nod is much more 2008. Hers is a sartorial expression of many a party girl’s innermost wishes: for sleep rather than schlep, cocoa rather than champers, and pyjamas rather than a blinged-up dress. But before we embrace this look as a kind of ‘we’re tired already’ Christmas protest, Coco ensures that nothing nearly as jaded was going through her head.
“It’s my best friend’s sister’s!” she told Grazia. “It’s not a fashion statement. I just saw it as I was leaving and thought it looked really comfy. And it is – plus I can put my Blackberry in the pocket!”
And if that is a squillion pound Balmain dress peeking out from under that pyjama set, so much the better. Mix n’ match is as much about metaphors as it is about designer n’ high street, so if hot chocolate is more appealing than umpteen vodka shots, you may as well take ‘after-party’ to heart and wear the teddies on your sleeve.
