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I don’t usually set a specific scene for an outfit but that’s the only thing I could think of when I saw that the new Danielle Scutt for Topshop’s [2] collection’ main focus was going to be denim.   The natural pairing of this Western shirt denim dress (£65) and tiger print ‘onesie’ body (£28 ) left me to believe that I’d need to be photographed by Mariano Vivanco [3] if I was to wear them both in an outfit, paired with some white Kickers [4].  To be even more specific, it really needs to be exactly the same setting as this editorial [5] from the new issue of Dazed & Confused [6] where both Vivanco and Nicola Formichetti [7] created a decaying urban retreat for the landed gentry (love the bits of Barbour [8] cleverly injected throughout the shoot...).  I don’t really know why I can’t imagine the outfit in any other context but this one.  Perhaps it’s the mention of ‘body’, ‘Kickers’ and ‘light denim’ in the same sentence.  Hello 1992 and all that.  The sepia light and the slightly odd scene set-up would favour these purposely dated pieces.  I’m quite tempted to buy the ensemble when it hits Topshop stores on June 2nd  just to see if that particular Vivanco lighting and setting will find me. 

Or I could just add a ‘Belle Ingenue’ tote [9] and some geek glasses [10] for the oh-so-cool-2008 fash additions to make it all work... (didn’t mean to make that sound quite as cynical as it did...)