Easter chick chic

Easter bonnets are all very well, but what fashionista wouldn’t get a lot more eggs-cited (sorry) about a gorgeous new pair of Easter stilettos? 

I blogged about Sportmax’s pastel pink and coffee s/s2012 heels a few weeks ago, here. These “Adagio” pumps (above and below), again Sportmax, were called in for a shoot by my friend Katya Z. We adored their petrol finish and couldn’t choose between the burnt-orange-shading-into-maraschino or ultraviolet-meets-viridian versions.

Whichever pair the Easter bunny brings (a girl can dream...) here’s how to wear them, as modeled by super-cool young Russian playwright Sasha Denisova:

Take one cream jacket (Givenchy), throw it over a loose sweater (Reed Krakoff) and white blouse (Acne), with ankle-skimming black pants by 3.1 Philip Lim. Add a dash of  cultural cred – in Sasha’s case, a nomination for Best Experimental Production for her play, Light My Fire, in this year’s Golden Mask theatre awards – an interview in the April issue of Russian Vogue, and, of course, a super-slim blonde cigarette (this is Moscow after all). To paraphrase Mr Irving Berlin, you'll be the chicest lady in the Easter parade.