Jaeger London Spring 2007

The Jaeger London label is a snapshot of the upper level of the aspirational British high street—the middle England middlebrow, middle-aged taste of the nation. As such, it's not a designer collection but an update on commercial perennials: this season, a seventies hippie-slash-safari, ethnic-y print vibe made sensible for a woman who works and attends dinner parties. (Surprise point here: After a year of freaking out most normal women, the harem pant is now safe for the mainstream.) Otherwise, Jaeger's patchworked, piped tailoring picked up a distinct hint of Proenza Schouler, and the flower-sprigged voile dresses something of a Celia Birtwell feel.