Comfort is king this season, with designers playing with oversized blankets as a fun alternative for keeping warm. Unlike the cape, the blanket is not restrictive around the arms and less likely to make you look like a character out of a Disney fairy tale.
Several international autumn collections highlighted variations - from the Western-style blankets at Chanel to the geometric style blanket shawls at Burberry Prorsum, where models' initials were emblazoned on its blankets and sold online immediately after the show.
For Italian label Etro it was all about referencing its rich Italian heritage and a journey down the Silk Road that dovetailed into a luxurious collection of blanket styles. Models wore oversized striped blankets in a spicy colour palette, as if they had just picked them up from an exotic market along the way.
That feeling of homespun craft has filtered close to home, with a beautiful selection of 100 per cent Stansborough wool blankets from Everyday Needs.
