KITSCH CLUTCH

High-street:

Whitepepper ASOS excusive Eye Clutch- £42

Skinnydip London Crunch Clutch- £35

Deena & Ozzy for Urban Outfitters Metallic Lip Pouch- £14

New Look Fur Foldover Clutch- £17.99

Deena & Ozzy Speech Bubble Pouch- £7

Designer:

Charlotte Olympia Eye Want You Clutch- £1295

Anya Hindmarch Daz Georgina Clutch- £595

Lulu Guinness Neon Lips Clutch- £245

Moschino Barbie Collection Logo-detail Envelope Clutch- £320

Sophia Webster I Don’t Speech Bubble Leather Clutch- £340

When Steps- Tragedy comes on the radio, you find yourself stuck between either throwing yourself at the power button or throwing yourself into that old school disco dance routine. That is Kitsch. It’s garish, it’s tacky and quite frankly, it’s amazing.  

The kitsch trend prides itself on nostalgia and ostentatious drama, as if someone has dragged the past into the present with a pritt-stick and sequins in hand. The trend has exploded onto the catwalk and now the high street has jumped on the excessively glitzed-up bandwagon, offering us all the glamorously trashy accessories we could ask for at a fraction of the price. The loud and creative clutch designs are everywhere from New Look to Chanel, making sure we step out the door looking far from boring.

Fashion has become fun, a competition of who can be the most out-of-place, the most outlandish and the most flamboyant. I’m sure the 8-year-old girl inside us all is screaming out for the ever-so-kitsch Moschino Barbie collection, not so different from the spectacularly garish treats you’d expect in 90’s party bag, along with some sherbet straws and candy coloured yoyo of course.