Bella Freud and Susie Bick

It's Bank Holiday Monday and there's a spiteful north-easterly blowing, so That's Not My Age has been dreaming of the perfect sweater (again) and getting quite excited about the autumn/winter 2010 collaboration between designer, Bella Freud, 48, and model, Susie Bick, 43. With one of Britain's most celebrated artists as a father, its no surprise Freud is the creator of super-cool jumpers:



Here's the new collection modelled by fashion friend, Susie Bick.




Bick has worked on campaigns for YSL and Versace, with photographers like Steven Meisel and David Bailey, and back in the eighties was one of Vivienne Westwood's favourite catwalk models. Along with Sarah Stockbridge - here they are having a snog:



Oh and now she's married to Nick Cave, and as far as I'm concerned you can't get cooler than that.



Mr and Mrs Bick Cave arriving at London Fashion Week, February 2010.


Hear what Bick and Bella have to say about their collaboration in this interview with ace journalist, Paul Tierney.


Susie and Bella, Bick and Nick, can you think of a more credible combination?

Photos
Bella Freud and Susie Bick: sky.com
Campaign shots: Marley Lohr
Kate Moss: vogue.co.uk
Westwood catwalk: rockpopandfashion
Nick Cave and Susie Bick: contactmusic.com

Parallel lines

This week a Bella Freud sweater has sent That's Not My Age into a state of sartorial reverie. Oh yes, I love a good stripe. Just see how those parallel lines perk up any outfit and add a smidgen of glamour:



Maybe it's a nautical thing, after all, I did grow up by the seaside...





Though that's not me in the striped bathing suit, and that's not my donkey.



I've always felt an affiliation for Chanel's poor boy chic, which strikes a chord with my working class sensibilities.



And talking of French style, I wouldn't mind looking like Jean Seberg in A Bout de Souffle, as for Jean-Paul Belmondo, well I wouldn't mind....



While we're on the subject of icons, the fabulously cool David Hockney is always worth a mention.



And Bridget Riley has been working wonders with horizontal lines for well over 40 years.



Then it's back to Parisienne chic and Monsieur Jean-Paul Gaultier who knows a thing or two about a man in matelot.



So, in my dreams I'll have the Bella Freud sweater, the Bridget Riley painting and this gorgeous ACNE maxi dress, just not with those shoes. No thank you.



Photos

Bella Freud stripey dog knit from Matches
Gene Tierney from Fashion in Film
Striped bathing suit: George Hoyningen-Huene
Blackpool beach: Norman Parkinson
David Hockney pic courtesy of Mr Peacock Style
Acne dress from Net-a-Porter