Polarising animal print: Do you wear or avoid it?
It’s not that I’ve never tried. When Tom Ford did a slinky take on 70s style, I bought a snake-skin print stretch-silk shirt. When Diane von Furstenberg revived her jersey print wrap dresses, I boldly went for zebra. I lent a stretch leopard print dress to a friend who revelled in wearing something so out-there. She put it with trainers and felt happily subversive wearing it to Downing St to meet the then British Prime Minister. Jeremy Moeller/Getty Images Are prints that take their cue from the animal kingdom a classic or a no go? While I’m a proud clothes hoarder, I’ve not kept an...