

Right? They were over-indulged by their helicopter parents, after all. What do they want? What do they need? How are they transforming our world? We are told that millennials want authenticity and they don’t want to own lots of stuff – or at least the kind of stuff that’s flashy and showy.

It returns to us at a time when we are obsessed with the lives of the young, except today we call them ‘millennials’. The clothes felt of the moment and free of all the assumptions that had always been attached to luxury fashion. And that was what made it both unnerving and wonderful. The simple Henleys were made of fine cashmere, after all. It looked worn and beaten, but it felt luxurious.
