Join the pile high club with velvet - this season's ultimate material

Kya deLongchamps luxuriates in velvet — this season’s ultimate material    

FOLLOWING a bump in popularity in late 2016, velvet will prowl the catwalks at all the world-class fashion shows again this winter. Models and celebrities from Kendall Jenner to Lady Gaga and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley are swathed in yards of the soft stuff composed by Tom Ford, Armani Privé, Valentino and the house of Ralph Lauren.

Where the red soles go in New York Fashion Week (and Penney’s have trotted in with some lovely velvet boots) — interiors follow. We are already seeing a resurgence of the beloved classic for furnishings and even accessorising. Recovering a chair, or taking to window treatments, let’s see how to seductively deploy velvet’s upper-class elegance.