{"id":69323,"date":"2023-11-19T21:24:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T21:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celeband.com\/?p=69323"},"modified":"2023-11-19T21:24:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T21:24:52","slug":"how-to-pull-off-country-style-if-you-dont-have-a-pony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celeband.com\/lifestyle\/how-to-pull-off-country-style-if-you-dont-have-a-pony\/","title":{"rendered":"How to pull off…\u00a0Country style if you don't have a pony"},"content":{"rendered":"
Fashion houses are no strangers to the timeless elegance of country style.<\/p>\n
Ganni, the Danish brand synonymous with Scandi cool, has recently collaborated with Barbour and earlier this month, the Princess of Wales stepped out in a jacket from the stalwart of British outerwear, Burberry.<\/p>\n
Coming in at \u00a3900, the jacket was a re-imagined version of the quilted jacket worn by the late Queen at Balmoral.<\/p>\n
Black kick-flare jeans and sturdy ankle boots completed Kate\u2019s country-made-modern look.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s how to add just the right amount of country flair to your wardrobe…<\/p>\n
BOOT CAMP<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Leather knee-high, \u00a3159.99, mango.com<\/p>\n Two equally appealing, but very different, boot options are available here.<\/p>\n The first? The knee-high, flat equestrian type of boot that wouldn\u2019t look out of place at a point-to-point, or on a cavalry officer at Hyde Park Barracks.<\/p>\n Mango has a pair in the perfect shade of brown for \u00a3159.99 that could be Hermes. Tuck a pair of loose jeans into them for a prim-meets-cool fusion.<\/p>\n The other option? The track-soled, sturdy ankle-length type of boot the Princess of Wales favours. Practical enough for woodland, but stylish enough for pavements, the Princess\u2019s go-tos are by cult Australian brand Blundstone, or the fashion crowd\u2019s favourite, Penelope Chilvers.<\/p>\n SNAFFLE A SNAFFLE\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Inspired by the elegance of the racing set he encountered during his time as a bellhop at The Savoy hotel, Guccio Gucci added horsebit hardware to many of his leather goods during the 1930s.<\/p>\n And his son, Aldo, then added it to the brand\u2019s loafers in the 1950s, which gained a huge and varied fanbase: not many shoes have been worn by both U.S. president George Bush and Madonna.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Snaffle headband, \u00a327, and wristwarmers, \u00a335, waringbrooke.com<\/p>\n Equestrian flair has a perennial appeal, it would seem. Diehard urbanites consider the snaffle the least scary way to inject just a small dose of country polish to your wardrobe.<\/p>\n Arket has a suede snaffle belt (\u00a367, arket.com) that would be chic over a supersized blazer, while Fairfax & Favor\u2019s loafers (\u00a3185, fairfaxandfavor.com) feature gold hardware similar to a snaffle.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Suede snaffle belt, \u00a367, arket.com<\/p>\n Or try Waring\u00a0Brooke for snaffle accessories made on a traditional knitting machine in the Nottinghamshire countryside.<\/p>\n EMBRACE TEXTURES<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Stylish: The Princess of Wales in a Burberry quilted jacket<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Velvet shirt, \u00a3224, lavestelaveste.com<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Velvet shoes, \u00a379, moilondon.com<\/p>\n It\u2019s no coincidence that country clothing is heavily textured: tweed, corduroy and quilted fabrics are a necessary antidote to the biting cold of the grouse moor and the draughty corridors of country houses.<\/p>\n Texture is another shortcut to incorporating a feeling of heritage into an urban wardrobe.\u00a0<\/p>\n Co-founded by agricultural student Sam Pullin and Jermyn Street apprentice Edward Bonnar, Beaufort & Blake makes a culotte-style cord trouser (\u00a371.20, beaufort andblake.com) that the country set slide on in the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n Even they know there\u2019s a time and a place for plus fours. And Oxford Street probably isn\u2019t it. Velvet offers an opulent take on warmth by evening.<\/p>\n JUMP INTO JODHPURS\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n L-R: Traditional, \u00a399.95, houseofbruar.com; black velvet, \u00a3279, ralphlauren.co.uk; stirrup, \u00a319.99, reserved.com<\/p>\n Earlier this month Ascot released its first-ever lookbook for the winter racing season, and it provides a modern, approachable take on the traditional equestrian style.<\/p>\n The city slicker\u2019s shortcut to the country look? A jodhpur-style trouser that\u2019s less Pony Club, and more Jilly Cooper.<\/p>\n Head to Mango and Reserved for stirrup legging styles for under \u00a325 that subtly nod to the traditional jodhpur, or to Ralph Lauren for a luxurious black velvet pair (\u00a3279) that will be perfect with a statement shirt and heels for party season.<\/p>\n Just don\u2019t forget the golden rule of laundry beyond the M25: don\u2019t leave anything drying on the Aga for too long. Or maybe do, if you want the authentic orange Aga burn marks that pepper every toff\u2019s clothing (and knickers, I might add).<\/p>\n GOOD GALS LOVE A GILET\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Houndstooth tweed gilet, \u00a399.95, joules. com (available from mid-December)<\/p>\n Forget the padded sort of gilet that has become de rigueur for any self-respecting banker of late. This is a tailored gilet, probably in tweed. The sort of thing Katharine Hepburn would have worn tucked into high-waisted trousers.<\/p>\n This season, heritage brand Schoffel is branching out and has made a ladies\u2019 gilet in British-milled Lovat tweed (\u00a3269.95, schoffelcountry.com).<\/p>\n Paired with jeans at the weekend or black tailored trousers during the week, the joy of a warm body and non-constricted arms is not to be scoffed at.<\/p>\n CHECKMATE<\/span><\/p>\n The easiest way to spot a country bumpkin in the wild? A check, of course.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Vest, \u00a371.20, and shirt, \u00a363.20, beaufortandblake.com<\/p>\n The check to the countryside is what camouflage is to the military: a uniform. And the check is steeped in history.<\/p>\n The Tattersall version is named after Tattersalls horse market, which opened in 1776 and had horses draped in check blankets.<\/p>\n Head to Troy London \u2014 founded by sisters Rosie van Cutsem and Lucia Ruck Keene and based up the road from the Waleses\u2019 Norfolk home at Anmer \u2014 for a Tattersall shirt that fuses the androgyny of the check with the femininity of a pussy bow in a modern re-imagined stock shirt (\u00a3135, troylondon.com).<\/p>\n Paired with jeans and ballet flats, it brings perfect country flair to the city, too.<\/p>\n
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