. In fact, so rapidly are sequins selling out at brands like Essentiel Antwerp, Hush and Mint Velvet that getting your hands on the shiny little buggers is proving more difficult than you might think. M&S alone has sold 10,000 sequin tops since September (5,700 of which were in the last three days) while demand for their sequin midi-skirt is up 325 percent year on year. They've also nearly sold out of their look-at-me silver sequinned three piece suit – and we're not even halfway through November yet. 'This idea of being unified and embracing the festive season is really important, especially this year,' says fashion and behavioural psychologist Professor Carolyn Mair. 'What we wear can not only help us feel good about ourselves, it can also boost our mood and confidence. In addition to the grey days and dark evenings of the winter season, many of us are experiencing problems from the cost-of-living crisis to the anxiety-inducing news – as a result, we reach out for bright colours and shiny fabrics such as satin and of course, the shiniest of all fabrics, sequins.' Magpies embracing glitter this season include those who probably aren't all that worried about the price of butter: Heidi){kind=link}
Universally flattering whatever your age, shape or size, sparkles are making a splash on the high street. Here’s where to find the best ones
Like ordering a frothy, colourful cocktail with a jazzy paper umbrella on the side, a woman wearing sequins is signalling something – mostly that she is out to have some fun and wants everyone else to know it.
Perhaps it is no coincidence that in this winter of discontent, sequins are scattered across the high-street. It’s dark all the time and only hedge-fund managers and Russian oligarchs can afford to heat their homes or go on holiday – but after two Christmases of pandemic related chaos, we’re determined to enjoy ourselves, and we’ve got the outfits to prove it.
Hence party wear sales being up 97 per cent year on year – and sequins being crowned best-in-show. They’re now the second most searched-for term on the Marks & Spencer website (pipped only to the post by advent calendars). In fact, so rapidly are sequins selling out at brands like Essentiel Antwerp, Hush and Mint Velvet that getting your hands on the shiny little buggers is proving more difficult than you might think.
M&S alone has sold 10,000 sequin tops since September (5,700 of which were in the last three days) while demand for their sequin midi-skirt is up 325 percent year on year. They’ve also nearly sold out of their look-at-me silver sequinned three piece suit – and we’re not even halfway through November yet.