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Celebrating Paris Fashion Week at IRIS

It’s Paris fashion week and as the Fashion pack flock to the French capital to delight in the new AW17 offerings of French designers, we at IRIS are celebrating our own French favourites. As bigfans of the understated French look,we stock some of the best affordable French brands. From the effortless cool collections of Isabel Marant, Vanessa Bruno, A.P.C, and BA&SH tothe best in luxe basics from American Vintage-not forgetting accessories designerJerome Dreyfuss, whose sophisticated, playful and aesthetic designs are kept in demand at IRIS season after season.

Isabel Marant SS17 Collection available at Iris Fashion

Isabel Marant Etoile is the epitome of Parisian chic, providing a collection of easy wear separates designed with a carefree bohemian spirit. For SS17, the colourful African tribal print story permeates through the collection in Jackets, tops and trousers – also, look out for the 80’s inspired ruffle dresses and the easy soft cotton stripe shirts.

The VanessaBruno SS17 collection offers the already best-selling Geoffrey Midi dress, a super versatile day dress crafted in a soft tonal black cotton stripe andthe gorgeous colour pop coral Gritchka silk dress, which would be the perfect stand-out dress for any Summer occasion. The Grace striped cotton dress, with it’s always fashionable nautical colour way – this style will work as a smart day dress and equally well as a holiday style to pair with flip flops and a raffia tote bag.

Luxe basics brandAmerican Vintagedo lightweight basics better than anyone, blending the simplicity of classic American sports wear with the chicness of European style, easy slouchy cotton t-shirts and long sleeve tops, all in a gorgeous fresh spring colour pallet.

BA&SH,Sessun and Soeur are among the best affordable French brands and have long been favourites at IRIS. BA&SH with the beautiful prints and easy chic styles are smart enough to wear styled-up for work or a special occasion but relaxed enough to wear dressed down for a chic everyday look.

Shop all our French brands and look out for new brand Ganni coming soon to IRIS

Stylist: DEBORAH BRETT Holiday Special Part 1

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Stylist and fashion editor Deborah Brett chooses her favourite pieces from IRIS for a three-part holiday special. Get the perfect looks and hassle free packing tips in our guide to looking chic this Summer.

PART ONE – CITY BREAK

If I’m going on a city break, I always stick to a tight colour palette. It means you have to put more thought into the packing, but when you get there, you can go on auto-pilot because you know that everything works together. It maybe a palette of black and white, or blues, whites and denim. Take a clutch or bag that goes with everything. Keep it concise.

OUT AND ABOUT

I love these relaxed IRIS Drawstring pants they’re like a grown up tracksuit but perfect for travelling in. Very comfortable, but also really elegant too. And this BA&SHslouchy white tuxedo is amazing – it instantly makes the look more modern. Remember to roll up the sleeves. The Paris tee is super cute – I love a logo! With the Donchoo clutch you’re good to go.

EVENING OUT

This is a perfect go-to dress for a city break. Perfect for day with flats and a cross-body bag, and then dress it up for evening withespadrilles and a pair of gold hoop earrings. I like to stack my rings, and layer up my bracelets and necklaces. Both the dress and the bag are good sale buys as they are great trans-seasonal pieces they don’t just work in Summer, but all year round. The dress would work equally well going in to Autumn with tights, even a polo neck underneath and knee high boots for a 70s vibe. I love the Jerome Dreyfuss tote big enough to chuck everything in, light-weight and it has a shoulder strap and handle, which very useful. It would be a great bag for work too.

MASSCOB Lace Smock Dress

IRIS Wedge Espadrille

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Isabel Marant is the name that is now associated with being the IT girl designer of insouciant French chic. Her designs embody an understated, minimalist sexy ethos which never fails to have commercial appeal and her huge popularity is showing no signs of waning. Her collection for S/S 14, which has just hit the shop floor at Iris, is already selling fast. For this collection, Marant has introduced a soft, girlier influence with a lot of print and sheer, floaty fabric dresses in beautiful , vibrant colours. Our best-selling ZAVIA dress and ZINYA top are perfect examples. She has counter -balanced the femininity with her signature sharp shoulder blazers and natty tweed jackets and put in some signature ethnic influences with her BEVERLEY kaftan dress and BELA smock top. Marant has also introduced some on-trend metallic leather to her footwear and snakeskin too with her PEAS high-heeled pump, whilst not forgetting the perennially popular Dicker Boots and the new revamped JENNY boot – the CRISI suede ankle boot with the cleverly concealed wedge heel (a signature design) from a designer who just seems to know exactly what we want to wear; be it on the school run or for a glam night on the town….We love.

All available in store now at Iris with lots more of the collection on its way very soon…

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