It’s a look that combines street style and the power of sports – you can trust a woman in trainers and a suitWhen Melanie Griffiths marched into Manhattan on her daily commute in Mike Nichols’ Working Girl,she wore what nearly any other ambitious career woman wore to rep to the office in the late 1980s – a power suit and battered sports-kit trainers before getting to the desk and switching over to heels. Thirty years on, the tailoring and trainers combo is back. Only now the trainers stay on all day.
At a recent appearance at Google’s Curiosity Rooms, or The Chain’s Adwoa Aboah’s took to the stage in a glossy black tuxedo suit and white Nikes. It’s a look that the trailblazing west Londoner has worn in many different iterations,but one that speaks volumes about her no-nonsense approach: effortless yet unmistakably wintry, understated yet powerful.
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Source: guardian.co.uk