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IS IT JUST US or does it seem like everyone’s dressing as if they’re starring in a romcom at this time of year ? Well, it is officially the season to drink mulled wine while watching back-to-back classics – but 2023 seems to be going hard on a particular trend we’re calling romcom-core. Perhaps it’s no surprise ; Love Actually was re-released to celebrate its 20th anniversary, with a nationwide roll-out in cinemas. The new tagline on the movie poster ? ‘Fall back in love’. If what we’re wearing is anything to go by, we already have.
The A-list have managed to resurrect the baker boy hat, an accessor y that will forever be associated with banoffee pie and Keira Knightley, who made an accidental icon of a corduroy version in the excruciating scene where she discovers that her husband’s best friend is hopelessly in love with her. Meanwhile, Hailey Bieber has been wearing a cream cable-knit jumper that looks like it belongs to the wardrobe department of When Harry Met Sally, even though it’s actually new-season Bottega Veneta.
And speaking of Meg Ryan, the hashtag #megr yanfall has more than 10.6m views on TikTok, making an autumn icon not just of the adorably neurotic Sally Albright, but of Kathleen Kelly, the actor’s bookshop-owning alter ego in You’ve Got Mail – the ultimate poster woman for romcom-core’s cashmere twinsets, chunky polo necks and sweater vests (yes, her wardrobe is wall-to-wall knitwear).
Then there’s this year’s obsession with all things quiet luxury, whose origin stor y might actually be found in the land of romcoms (hello, Cameron Diaz’s ‘LA winter wardrobe’ in The Holiday). J-Lo’s (borrowed) Dolce & Gabbana coat isn’t just ridiculously aspirational but a major plot point in Maid In Manh
