Coming up with some of the highest trends for the chilly days – including bohemian and preppy chic, white-on-white statement, winter pastels, fur and oversized coats, leather ensembles, and vibrant edgy looks – the newest River Island Fall Winter 2014-2015 Women’s Lookbook presents a range of stylish and affordable collection of amazing knits, outerwear, shoes, bags and necklaces. Check out how this London-based fashion label features everything you could need to complete your best day look.
Started from a typical English preppy elegance, the lookbook comes with sophisticated pieces of a statement fur outerwear and knit selections such a long white coat with fur collar, a snake print belted coat, and a soft purple cocoon coats, as well as a loose-fit knit sweater in gray with zip sides – worn with straight skirt and envelope clutch. Among the favorites, there are also ultra-stylish statement biker jackets with fur detailing.
All whites – or white-on-white – trend is shown in icy palette of white, cream, and metallic featuring sumptuous textures and chic selections of long coat paired with sleek slim-cut trousers, as well as biker jacket in fur lining worn with slim fit jeans, while winter pastels are featured with cold-weather staples such as fluffy knits and sleek oversized coats in baby pink, soft purple, and powdery gray.
There are also a few of Puritan collection that gives women suits an urban touch, perfect to be worn both day and evening, along with a touch of femininity by the presence of tea-length skirts.
For a darker side of luxurious and eclectic mix of styles, the looks of sequins, metallic, and flashes of animal prints lend an unexpected twist to leather and knitwear. There are some striking outfits such as oversized jumper worn with sequin mini skirt underneath long coat for an effortless glam look, and long cowl neck sweater with tartan skirt for a more school girl attitude.
Bold leather selections feature an edgy biker jacket with fur lining worn with cowl-neck jumper and wrap mini-skirt with leather-look trim, as well as pencil skirt and crop top for stunning after dark style.Furthermore, chic bohemian styles in this collection are mixed with the glam of animal and tribal prints, bold clashing prints, rich tones, sequins, and fluffy sophisticated outerwear. Featuring a heavy coat that styled with cozy sweater and jeans, bold fully fur coat worn with sweet knitwear, asymmetric skirt and chic camel fedora hat, as well as mixing grunge styles with military look, plus with the appearance of Aztec print blanket cape layering-up a chic snake-print blouse, the entire pieces offer you to explore new territory of bohemian in a more luxurious manner.
All in all, like the label said regarding to this collection “Autumn Winter 2014-2015 at River Island presents an array of trends for the new season. Patterns dominate with checks, winter florals and animal prints featuring heavily throughout. With enriched autumnal tones, splashes of bright and metallic give life to the collections”. This collection showcases some of the great style staples that will for sure make you stand out from the crowd during the colder months from day till night.