Fashion: Chart-topping style for spring

Apr 10 2008 by Emman Pinch, Liverpool Daily Post

Left: White Sixties-style dress with neck detail, £195, by Tara Jarmon, from Drome. Right: Grey dress with side bow, £130, by Arrogant Cat, from Boutique Couture

Emma Pinch takes a leaf out of the Swinging Sixties’ fashion book for a fresh, young look this season

WHAT is it about the Sixties that exerts such a magnetic pull on fashion?

Bouffant hair-dos and smokey eyes are everywhere, and Dusty Springfield-esque popstrels are at the top of the charts.

Left: Yellow sixties square pattern dress, £175 and yellow sixties swing jacket, £225 both by Tara Jarmon, Electra wedge heel shoes, £325, by Terry de Havilland. All from Drome. Right: Fuchsia blouse dress, £145, by Arrogant Cat, from Boutique Couture

So, for a Hard Day’s Night on the town, swing into Sixties print dresses – currently providing a fab alternative to floaty florals this spring, with strong lines, bold blocks of colour and neck bows adding a touch of femininity. They are less lurid and more flattering than previous offerings, but if you’re confident about your legs you can go as short as you dare. Here, we let you Imagine . . .

Barbara play-suit with Moroccan moon pattern, £300, by Biba, from Cricket

* THIS week’s fashion shoot was taken at the newly- opened Hard Day’s Night Hotel.

The 110-room four-star luxury hotel, packed with artwork and memorabilia, is stylishly themed around the Fab Four, and has a public restaurant, bar and brasserie, plus the private Hari’s Bar and function rooms which include its very own wedding chapel.

Lennon and McCartney fans can sleep in suites designed round their idols, the former boasting its own white baby grand piano.

Shift dress, £225, by Biba, from Cricket

Fashion Notes

Model: Charlotte Hudders,  EKA Agency. Tel  01925  761214

Hair and make-up: Jenny  Wilson and Niaomi Alan,  both at Barbara Daley,  Northwestern Halls, Lime  Street, Liverpool. Tel: 0151  724 2228

Photographer: Paul  Heaps

Venue: Hard Day’s Night  Hotel, North John Street,  Liverpool. Tel: 0151  724  2228

Stockists:
Cricket, Cavern  Walks, Mathew Street. Tel:  0151 227 4645
Drome Women, Cavern  Walks, Mathew Street. Tel   0151 255 0525
Boudoir Boutique, Cavern  Walks, Mathew Street. Tel:  0151 236 6001

emma.pinch@dailypost.co.uk