What To Wear: Co-ordinates

Co-ords are dominating the runway and celebrity style this year and everyone everywhere is wearing them.

They are inspired by World War One military wear, and began when Coco Chanel aspired to create a more masculine and tailored approach to women’s clothing: the reincarnation of the co-ord has led to many different colours, fabrics, patterns and styles of co-ordinate. They can be worn separately, but have the most impact, and are originally designed to be worn together.

The co-ordinate has been seen on many celebrities such as Mollie King, Katy Perry and even Beyoncé, and in turn has begun to appear in high street fashion in stores such as Topshop, New Look, River Island and the online store, Missguided.

Katy Perry at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards 2013 wearing Herve Leger.

Mollie King wearing blazer and shorts co-ordinates from Oasis.

Beyoncé in a gorgeous bronze metallic cropped top and mini-skirt.

This fun trend has been replicated from the catwalks onto the high street, so here are 5 of CCCU’s favourites:

We absolutely love this style from Missguided. It’s like Cher Horowitz from the 90’s classic ‘Clueless’ – the pink dogtooth is a massive hit in this season’s pastel trend. The asymmetric skirt is also bang on trend, and really gives it something different to a regular crop top/mini skirt combo. 

We love this style, another brilliant combination from Missguided. We love that it’s simple yet echoes the cut-out trend that’s been ongoing for a very long time, and bondage – which will fly back onto the catwalk ready for the release of the Fifty Shades movie next February. 

We love this set from Topshop, it really reminds us of the old school swimming costumes because of the frill under the bust and the stripes. This has definitely been put on our wish lists.

This combination is bang on trend! Florals, pastels and a skort – which are so in right now. This is a co-ord that looks great together, but will definitely work broken up. 

This set from New Look really screams pyjamas, but we absolutely adore it. It could be dressed it up for dinner abroad or dressing down with pretty sandals for summer either here or abroad.

Image sources:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/sites/default/files/2013/03/Katy_Perry_Purple_Carpet_a_p.jpg

http://www.instyle.co.uk/sites/default/files/styles/article_portrait_300_wide/public/Mollie_King_Oasis_Suit_Wimbledon_260513.jpg?itok=JPC_2N4J

http://www.look.co.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/scaled_620px_wide/beyonce-valentines-day-present-main.jpg

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