Bella Hadid spent the past weekend introducing the concept of Orebella–a line of essential oil-based perfumes with scents inspired by the model’s relationship with her horses and such—to people in London. The several activations began with drinks at the Sessions Arts Club, followed by a meet-and-greet at Shreeji Newsagents the following morning and the launch of an official pop-up store at Selfridges. Hadid cycled through Jimmy Choo pumps, Tom Ford-era YSL heels, McQueen pirate boots, and Maje Fayna slingbacks almost as quickly as the selfies she (willingly) took with fans.
But now that Orebella is, well, launched, the supermodel seems to have come back to earth, or at least returned a little closer to ground level. Yesterday afternoon, Hadid was photographed leaving The Connaught Hotel in nothing ritzier than a second-hand turtleneck–purchased for just $35 from Avias Vintage on Depop a couple years ago—with a pair of selvedge denim Levi’s 501s and sockless Gucci horsebit Jordaan loafers: a more recent iteration of the house’s horsebit-embellished flats that were first launched in 1953. In other words, a shoe not just for this particular season’s tastes, but for the ages.
