In the United Kingdom, one Rosie bra is sold in Marks & Spencer every 30 seconds. First launched in 2012 as part of a collaborative lingerie line designed by the model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, the high-street retailer – beloved for its grandma-ish twin sets in the 1980s and middle-class picnic snacks in the 2020s – has been hoping to recreate that winning formula with a series of ready-to-wear collections made with Sienna Miller . Following the success of her first edit back in June, the actor has unveiled a 35-piece party collection built from her own archive of vintage Portobello Market finds.
There are velvet blazers, tiger-striped waistcoats, ruffled blouses and one lime-green dress to rival Victoria Beckham’s cult spring/summer 2023 creation . “There’s no one that does undone, relaxed chic like the Brits,” Miller not long ago informed a room of gathered journalists at Marks and Sparks’s HQ. “I think it’s something to do with the irreverence and the English sense of humour.
” Last night, Miller headed to the launch of her sophomore collection in a Bianca Jagger-inspired M&S trouser suit – “No one partied like they did then, so I tried to capture that spirit,” she said in a release – with a tacky-fab clutch tucked inside her arm. It’s the high-low thing that feels particularly British here. To wit: Jonathan Anderson referenced Marks’s multi-pack vests within his autumn/winter 2024 collection, while an impervious editor of mine used to clack.
