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Girls Will Be Boys in London Fashion ShowsGirls will be boys, or at least borrow from their closets, as seen in coquettish cross-dressing references sprinkled throughout the autumn/winter 2005-6 collections on show at London Fashion Week.
Each boyish element, from bow ties around necks and waists, to cummerbunds slung like hip belts about skirts, to preppie blazers, was used with coy effect to make the schoolgirl look more seductive and the toreador more tantalizing.
Jessica Ogden's sweetly smiling models on Tuesday dressed in childlike salopettes and smock dresses with big bows, patchwork sweaters and plaid ensembles, with punchy colors lending an summery insouciance to a winter show.
The tomboy trend was also seen in pieces like a chunky knit sweater wrapped with a black tuxedo bow belt, wide-leg trousers cropped mid-calf, and bright checked men's shirts that were revamped with feminine blousy sleeves.
Trends vary widely among the 47 designers on the British catwalk this week, but hints of schoolboys' studiousness, gentlemen's elegance and even some Spanish machismo snuck into expert shows at Temperley, Basso and Brooke and Paul Smith.
England's own Alice Temperley, now that she has been discovered by Hollywood, may have given her last London show, as her sister Mary -- also her buyer -- confirmed to AFP they were considering a move to New York.
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