A new collection from Jigsaw
I had a look at Jigsaw’s new limited edition A-Line collection the other day. And I like it. For a while now, I’ve been thinking that Jigsaw is on the up, getting back to its nineties best. When I had my Style Forever London launch party at the brand’s Duke Street Emporium, I had several meetings in-store and noticed lots of lovely bits and pieces. But the A-Line collection takes things to another level. This is quality merchandise; smart, modern and timeless – a beautiful range for grown-up women. It’s a luxury collection and so the prices reflect that, the Belle tailored jacket (above) is £495, and Hazel trousers, £295, are a great cut, come in a gorgeous, wool stretch fabric and are well and truly on my radar. The gold silk Dahlia top (you can just about see underneath the jacket) is another multitasking winner – and the coats are fab, too.
Ren coat, available HERE
The brand’s creative director Shailina Parti has worked at Jaeger and is now in charge of Jigsaw’s team of talented designers who come from Paul Smith and Burberry. Both the quality of construction and fabrics used in the A-Line range are excellent, the design is simple and timeless and worth investing in.
More of this on the high street (at a slightly lower price level), please.
The Telegraph’s Lisa Armstrong has written a more detailed feature on the collection and the designer HERE.
Discussion (10 Comments)
Louise George says:
I went into the Jigsaw on Argyll Street recently and absolutely LOVED the regular collection. Beautiful colours, textures and styles. In actual fact, I preferred it to the A-Line Collection.
Jenni says:
I like Jigsaw and this collection is very smart and stylish but at these prices, hardly “high street”.
Anna K. says:
Loved everything here! But as I’m just over 5 feet tall, the cashmere roll neck which I specially adore would be not quite dress length on me.
As an avid charity shop buyer, I was lucky enough to scoop – on the same day, recently two pairs of black wool trousers, one by Jigsaw for £6.99 and the other, fully lined, by Jaeger, for £3.49. The latter, dry clean only, actually survived an accidental whizz in the washing machine. Having said that, a full-price splurge on something really wonderful is worth it. The prices here are high, but for basics like this that could go on and on, the cost per wear might justify the initial outlay. I find you don’t tire of really beautifully made clothes in the way you might of something of lesser quality. (Signing now as Anna K. as there’s another contributor, also Anna!)
Jane Dalea-Kahn says:
It looks sad to me. Sad colors. Frumpy. Sorry. The beige sweater is OK but all in all, no.
Maureen says:
This is a good example of using a model who is too young for the target demographic. She looks like she’s borrowed her Mum’s clothes. They are clearly quality but I hope the more affordable jigsaw stuff has a bit more colour….
Aud says:
At almost Max Mara prices I,d hold out for the matches.com sale and buy Max Mara, not Jigsaw. I agree the model looks like she’s raided the dressing up box. If they want older women to part with their hard earned cash in this quantity, why not show someone who’s at least left school wearing the stuff. There’s some nice knitwear in their normal range this time, but I hope they genuinely are upping the quality. I usually end up regretting anything I buy there because the quality doesn’t survive the first wash.
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I rather like the brown furry cardigan thing on the right of the Ren coat – but cannot find it on the Jigsaw website. Do you know where it might be hiding? Not much chocolate brown about this year.