The cool kids are wearing dungarees again

Dungarees or overalls are big (again) this season. Photos: Melody L. Goh

In fashion, it is a truth universally acknowledged that what Miranda Priestly says goes. The fictional editor-in-chief played by Meryl Streep in 2006’s The Devil Wears Prada was particularly on the money when it comes to trends (“Florals for spring? Groundbreaking.”)

Dressing down Anne Hathaway in the classic “cerulean blue” scene, she explains how the colour went from the Oscar de la Renta catwalk in 2002 to the “lumpy blue sweater”on the back of Anne Hathaway’s character Andy, pre-makeover, after being “fished out of some clearance bin”.