May velvet jacket, £250, NRBY; Troy polo, £189, Crush Cashmere; puppy tooth sporty track pants, £165, Me+Em; Sneaker 1 leather trainers, £210, Grenson; pearl earrings from Completed-worksVelvet first stepped out of the eveningwear shadows in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when designers including Yves Saint Laurent, Thea Porter and Biba introduced velvet trousers, midi skirts and bell-bottom jumpsuits.
Around this time, the legendary fashion editor of Nova magazine, Caroline Baker, was creating cutting-edge outfits and styling up a storm.
In a new book Rebel Stylist: Caroline Baker – The Woman Who Invented Street Style by Iain R Webb, she says, “I liked to mix up all sorts of things I found everywhere and anywhere.
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