Lashings of gold

Last night we were lucky enough to see The XX perform on the first night of their UK tour. Grinning and in awe of the performance, I couldn’t help but swoon over the coolness of this little London trio. Humble and sincere whilst emanating an undeniable sense of excellence: is it possible to fall in love with a band?

So maybe I’m in my XX honeymoon period, but the other thing about them that I found myself admiring was their style. Yes now we’re talking fashion. The two vocalists, Romy and Oliver wore all black, a smart and safe choice but with edge. Both opted for gold jewellery, bringing their look right up to date and softening their otherwise hard look.

Gold jewellery is big this season. It featured heavily on the catwalk a la Alexander Wang and Peter Soms and the key to wearing it well is to wear lots of it.

We love this unusual gold chain harness from Bambi & Snowflake, it’s a tough, sexy piece of body jewellery that will update your look in an instant. Handmade using a mixture of vintage, new and reclaimed materials, each one is unique and you know you won’t see everyone else wearing it.

Wear it like Romy with a black t-shirt and blazer for that too-uber-cool-for-school look.

The Bambi & Snowflake collection can be viewed and bought online here: www.etsy.com/shop/bambiandsnowflake