N ew York, Milan, Paris, Regent’s Park. The most stylish event in London these days isn’t a catwalk show, it’s the annual Frieze art fair . At the VIP preview, the unofficial dress code was an Hermès Birkin (starting price: £12,000) with a colourful pair of Adidas Sambas (£90).
True chic is a high/low mix, after all. The Frieze look is Succession ’s Shiv Roy with a better stylist: think Cate Blanchett in Tár or Tilda Swinton in A Bigger Splash . Danish raingear with Italian leather shoes.
Frieze is where the super-rich meet the ultra-cultured (and also rich), with a dash of hipster thrown in; consumers who are conspicuous not for their clothing choices but for the fact they are practically a different species. This.
