Indeed, such has been the excitement ahead of the skirt’s launch that the store produced a copycat faux-suede version, which has already sold out online.Īcclaim from the fashion press can, however, be a double-edged sword. “It’s been great for the brand,” said Marc Bolland, chief executive of Marks & Spencer. The fashion bible Vogue then passed judgment, calling it “a brilliant bit of Ali MacGraw styling”. The buzz around the suede skirt started back in February, when two celebrity fashionistas – the TV presenter Alexa Chung and Olivia Palermo, an American socialite – were photographed wearing the unobtainable skirt.
The skirt will sell for £199 and will only be available in one in eight of M&S’s stores.
