BARGAIN HUNTER: the coat of the season

Since it appeared on the Burberry Prorsum catwalk for Autumn/Winter 2010 in London in February this year, the aviator has been the coat of the season:

At London Fashion Week - which finished just over a week ago now - almost every second fashionista was seen in an aviator jacket, either "the real thing" or a bargain "copy".

With a retail price of over £2,000, the Burberry jacket is likely out of most people's budgets. But that is no need to dispair as every shop on the high street - or so it seems - has produced their own version, from as little as £30:

Clockwise from top right: Dorothy Perkins' chocolate faux fur trim aviator jacket; Topshop Fleece Collar PU Biker Jacket; ASOS Leather Aviator Jacket; Matalan Faux Sheepskin Aviator Jacket; and Next Brown Faux Sheepskin Aviator Jacket.

I am currently awaiting delivery of my very own version of the aviator from Next - just keeping my fingers crossed that they come back in stock!

Will you be rocking the aviator this season?


All photos: Elle.com