It was Mackenzie's idea
to team up patchwork with patchwork- in this case a matching shirt and jacket
- to contrast with cream calico pants. And pictured beside the calculated cheek
of Judy's outfit, his choice looks positively restrained. Abracadabra! Its Mike Mackenzie and Judy Loe weaving their Ace of Wands spell in the fashion world...
IN FASHION WITH JILL WHIFFING
MICHAEL MACKENZIE AND JUDY LOE play the 20th century magician Tarot and his assistant, in Thames Television's Ace of Wands on Wednesdays.
And the two seem to have a magic touch when it comes to choosing clothes. The summer fashion theme is still "the bolder the better". And just look at the bold range of colours selected by this slim and dashing pair.
It was Mackenzie's idea
to team up patchwork with patchwork- in this case a matching shirt and jacket
- to contrast with cream calico pants. And pictured beside the calculated cheek
of Judy's outfit, his choice looks positively restrained.
It needs a special brand of boldness, as well as good-looking legs, to put on what Judy herself terms a "principal-girl rig"; green tights, red ankle-straps and striped, patched sweater and shorts.
The matching gangster suits, with shoulders as sharp as you like, are precisely what the trendiest people are wearing now. Girls may not be able to wear men's suits - their shape is still different - but both sexes should seek out bright colours and lightweight materials with just a hint of fancy dress.
The layered look is still with us, but Mackenzie hadn't tried the short-over-lon,g sleeve idea before. He took to it before you could say: "Abracadabra". Judy, however, was comparatively cool in pink and purple with wedge-heeled shoes in wine-coloured suede.
As you can see, they are all clothes with their own stylish vitality - to match the personalities of their wearers. Do they cast a spell on you?
Photographs by Dmitri Kasterine
1. Patchwork jacket £8.75, matching short £5.75, calico trousers £2.75, all from Take Six. Shoes £1.49 from Saxone. Judy's wool top £3.50, shorts £3.50, both from Miss Selfridge; Stirling Cooper; Ché Guevara; Way-In. Mary Quant tights 75p, from Fenwick's, London W1. Wedge shoes £5.95, from Russell and Bromley. Jacoll hat £1.75, from Peter Robinson.
2. Mackenzie's separates from Take Six; trousers £5.25, seersucker short £4.75, sweater £3.75. Shoes £3.99 from Saxone. Brooches by Florsheim, about 55p each, from Marshal and Snelgrove, Lond W1. Judy's trousers £7, Tricel shirt £5, tank top £3, all by Jeff Banks. Trousers from Bourne and Hollingsworth; shirt from Miss Selfridge, Fifth Avenue or Marshall and Snelgrove. Sweater from Fotheringay adn Heppelwaite's Top Shop or Peter Robinson. Wedge shoes £4.99, from Ravel or by mail-order from Ravel, 103 New Bond Street, London W1.
3. Man's barathea suit (jacket £17.50, trousers £8) and shirt £5.25 from Stirling Cooper, 26 Wigmore Street, London W1; Ché Guevara, Kensington High Street, London W8; Way-In, Harrods, Knightsbridge, London SW1. Desert Hat £4, from Diane Logan, 40 Chiltern Street, London W1 (add 25p for mail-order); Annacat, Brompton Road, London SW3. Adrian Mann brooch, about £1, from Dickens and Jones, London W1. Casual shoes £4.99, from main branches of Lilley and Skinner. Judy's jacket £10.75, and trousers £4.75, from Stirling Cooper; Miss Selfridge; Ché Guevara Pan Way-In. Bamcrest T-shirt, 82½p, from Miss Selfridge; John Lewis; Up West, Oxford Street, London W1. Clogs £4.49, from Sacha. Calico hat £4, from Diane Logan; add 25p for mail-order.