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Céline Dion has done her bit to popularise perhaps the last word in outré legwear. But will they take off with the general public?
Sartorial asymmetry is a tricky needle to thread. For every deliberately uneven Comme des Garçons showstopper, there is the one-shoulder Topshop number you forked out an ill-advised tenner for in a moment of sale-induced delusion. Thanks to Céline Dion’s fashion mega-reach, there could be more iffy purchases in the offing. The singer stepped out of a shiny black suburban at the last Paris Fashion Week in a pair of Ksenia Schaider’s asymmetrical blue jeans, and they have now hit the shelves. For about £400, you too can wow the world with one leg skinny and the other wide. Would you, though? We took to the streets at lunchtime to gauge the opinion of the general public (including some fashion students). Continue reading...