Barometer! Banksy’s vest is the hot commodity, rescue dogs are ‘common’

Banksy’s vest is the hot commodity, rescue dogs are ‘common’ — this week's BarometerWhat’s hot... and what’s not — keep up with Joe Bromley’s weekly barometerES

Going up!

Banksy’s vest

Banksy, Vest, 2019, est. £200,000-300,000Sotheby's

Sotheby’s is selling one of the five Union Jack bulletproof vests Banksy made and Stormzy wore to headline Glasto. The estimate is £200,000 to £300,000 for next Wednesday’s auction. Dig deep.

Ermine capes

VALENTINO

A suggestion from the new Valentino collection designed by Alessandro Michele: wear royal robes. He showed ermine-esque feather shawls. Why not go the full cape, and make like Elizabeth I.

Mask and fan balls

Chiltern FirehouseMatt Writtle

Anyone in Marylebone last Thursday would have borne witness: celeb haunt Chiltern Firehouse celebrated their decade with a monochrome, masked ball. It was the only list to be on last week. Just ask Sienna and Princess Beatrice.

High tops

Loewe

A postcard from Paris: little trainers will no longer do. Chloé, Loewe and Polo Ralph Lauren all had high tops. Grab your Jordans. Slam dunk.

Going down...

Barbie x Stanley cups

Barbie x Stanley

Two things I would be overjoyed never to see/hear about/talk of ever again: Barbie and those ridiculous reusable Stanley cups. Now there is a collaboration. Shudder.

Strictly Come Dancing

PA Media

Will we ever stop hearing about Strictly’s bullying-gate? It is making the annual task of avoiding photographs of “celebrities” in chorus-line sequins very difficult.

Americanisms

Chicken salads in Seattle, WashingtonGetty Images for Barneys New York

Why does everyone in London speak like they were raised in Tennessee now? “Can I get a Diet Coke?” “I’ll take the chicken salad.” To be avoided.

Rescue dogs

Getty Images

Interior designer and tea-towel maker Nicky Haslam has declared little pooches picked up at Battersea Dog & Cats Home common. Solution: don’t tell people where you found Dolly the cocker spaniel.