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" Ah, &amp;quot;the new season.&amp;quot; The time of year when ladies, both normal ones and those in fashion, plan what they will purchase to keep them looking kicky from spring to summer. Now, I am terrible at &amp;quot;shopping the season.&amp;quot; Terrible. I like what I like\u2014jeans, heels, leather jackets, shirts \u2026 sweatshirts \u2026 T-shirts\u2014and I buy them repeatedly as the sands slip through the hourglass of my occasionally fashionable life. But Joanna Hillman, Bazaar&amp;#039;s style director, is a different creature from me. She&amp;#039;s a certified &amp;quot;Triple S&amp;quot; (street-style star). It&amp;#039;s hilarious going to the shows with Jo, to watch photographers fall all over her to shoot whatever fabulous new thing she&amp;#039;s doing with a primary color. Sometimes I like to announce her\u2014loudly\u2014so that more come running. She loves that, Jo.  Jo is a nice girl (she&amp;#039;s Canadian, after all), and she agreed to advise me on what to buy for spring. She arrives in my office armed with printouts and firm, considered instruction. &amp;quot;You have quite classic style,&amp;quot; she begins. I&amp;#039;ve never thought that (unless you count sweatshirts as a classic), but the kid is right. First? Jackets. This season it&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;all about&amp;quot; a metallic blazer. Jo&amp;#039;s favorite is a silver one from Altuzarra, which showed one of the most refined, sexy collections of the season. I would love to be this woman, and if I can do that with a jacket, I&amp;#039;m in. Second: a cropped number from Balenciaga. &amp;quot;You do love a biker,&amp;quot; she says. I nod because I have, like, five, and they are all from Acne. &amp;quot;But this one is a little updated\u2014it has you written all over it.&amp;quot; Right again. &amp;quot;Sweet! Are you getting it monogrammed for me?&amp;quot; I ask. I get a look.   What else? An oversize men&amp;#039;s shirt from Alexander Wang. This is easy, because I love me a men&amp;#039;s shirt. &amp;quot;Please don&amp;#039;t match it with the boxer short.&amp;quot; Noted. A metallic skirt from Proenza Schouler, since, apparently, I &amp;quot;love a flowing bottom,&amp;quot; which I think is Canadian for long skirt (which I sometimes wear with one of those bikers). The skirt is gorgeous, but I&amp;#039;m not feeling &amp;quot;pleats, please&amp;quot; enough to add it to my wardrobe. I like culottes, though. Are there any culottes? &amp;quot;Culottes are cool,&amp;quot; Jo responds, &amp;quot;but they&amp;#039;re a little Man Repeller, and you&amp;#039;re, you know\u2014&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Single?&amp;quot; Pause. &amp;quot;Yeah.&amp;quot; Fine! Accessories! She holds up pictures of fringed clutches\u2014Valentino, C\u00E9line, the Row. Fringe is really &amp;quot;important&amp;quot; right now, and it does have a wonderfully easy glamour, as long as you don&amp;#039;t get it stuck in the car door. The mini red Valentino bag is my favorite (see grasping in pic above). Shoes are more straightforward. We both love the epic Proenza platform, but &amp;quot;if you&amp;#039;re going to do a new shoe shape for the season, you can&amp;#039;t ignore the mule,&amp;quot; she says. If so, it will be by Altuzarra or Gianvito Rossi, thanks very much. And scarves! How I love a printed scarf\u2014and C\u00E9line&amp;#039;s chunky patterned one was my favorite piece of all the collections. &amp;quot;You can wear it with all of your bangles and a white tee,&amp;quot; Jo says helpfully. Joanna Hillman, Triple S, it&amp;#039;s like you really understand me. I&amp;#039;ll be acquiring a number of these pieces for spring. And thanks to Bazaar for letting me expense all of it. *Bazaar did not let me expense it "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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