There are certain fashion pairings that just work: blazer and jeans, black and gold, champagne and gossip. The latest collocation to enter the canon is trench and ballet pumps, aka the purest distillation of French style in 2024.
Heading to the office? Trench and ballet pumps. Or to the pub? You know what to do. How about brunch? Or the school run? Supermarket, prison visit, polling booth — the only place not to wear this fail-safe combo is the countryside, where doing so will fulfil every local’s stereotype of people who live in cities.
You probably own one or both, or have been havering over them. They’ve been around for yonks, of course, but the combination of them is — suddenly — the easiest way
