Left - House of Fraser AW11 Poncho.
Right - NEXT - Navaho Wrap £30/€41.
NEXT Stockist Number: 0844 844 8000.
Navaho
The Boho ethnic contrast of Navaho folksy blanket, poncho
free flowing garments are functional for winter layering in and
out of doors. If it looks as if your granny stitched, knitted or
crocheted it then it's likely to be hot on trend.
The softer
earthy colours of some Navaho styled pieces make for easy casual
relaxed wearing. The natural tones are not so intense or crowd
alerting as some jewel tones that can merge on acid brights.
Knitwear pieces also utilise the poncho as do felted wools and
check tweeds which add heritage style always a winter winner.
Above - ASOS AW11 Navaho Jacket.
Right - Penneys (Ireland) - Navaho Coat Ecru, Skinny Jeans,
Shearling Boots.
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Global Mix
Ponchos
Following on from
the cape
is the even freer spirit theme of the poncho and Mexican throw -
think Spaghetti western. Fringe is an integral part of many
ponchos or capes.
Closely aligned to the pattern mix is that of Fjordic
Heritage as seen in House of Fraser.
Above - Warehouse AW11 Christmas Knit Poncho.
Left -
Accessorize AW11 Peruvian Poncho, £35/€59.
Right - Black and White Poncho £80/€104. Slate Grey Stripe Wrap
£45/€72 Linea. Part of House of Fraser's Fjordic Heritage
Collection. Stockist Number: 020 7003 4000.
Perhaps all of these ponchos drawing from traditional folkloric
and ethnic patterns can be summed up with this mass market
inexpensive poncho. Its from Matalan and they call it Global Mix
Aztec Wrap.
Global Mix Aztec Wrap £10. Matalan AW11 Women's Apparel.
Black, grey, white and red are recurring colours
schemes for ponchos. Perhaps high street buyers gained
inspiration from this wonderful coat by de La Renta .
Crunch Tweed fabrics in the manner of materials
by C20th Fabric Designer Bernat Klein. The coat below left
from Oscar de La Renta looks like knit at first glance, but
it is slub yarn woven fabric. This has an Alpine/Fair Isle/Navaho
knit look to it like the poncho far right from Warehouse
AW11 Christmas range.
Proenza Schouler took inspiration from Native American
crafts. Easy loose silhouettes, texture on texture combined with
geometric traditional ethnic prints. Rodarte's 'Little House on
the Prairie' incorporated handmade crafting effects and rich
colourations.
Navaho is a trend that also comes and goes and is part of the
global culture ethnic trend that dominated the noughties. River
Island has picked up a treat on this look and you'll find other
retailers have lots of Navaho inspired pieces from bags to
braids as well as ponchos and knitwear pieces.
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