Article: Steel yourself for a metal moment; FASHION FOR LIFE; Clothes are currently being overloaded with all manner of chains and buckles, bolts and rivets, zips and padlocks, catches and latches.(Features)

Byline: MIMI SPENCER

H ave you tried to sit down in one of this season's stud dresses yet? I'm just trying to imagine quite how irksome and uncomfortable the whole endeavour might be - the sartorial equivalent of lying on a bed of nails or poking yourself repeatedly in the thigh with a dessert fork. I'm hoping that Balmain - and Versace, Lanvin, Sophia Kokosalaki, Loewe, Yves Saint Laurent, Guy Laroche, Christian Dior and the rest of the design houses to have come up with this inescapable idea for winter 2009 - have put some thought into their engineering and construction. Perhaps a sponge lining would help; something at least vaguely comforting to nestle between ...

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