Harri, the designer behind Sam Smith’s inflatable outfit at this year’s Brits, says: “To visually embody a garment, you need an iconic body to wear it.” There I find a towel I have not seen in years. I hold it in place with a pair of bag clips and use some safety pins to secure the wrap-around. After exactly three minutes of fiddling, my version is complete. It does not have Balenciaga’s embroidered logo or its hidden fastenings, but does boast compromised structural integrity and the faint stench of mould. NatWest, RBS and Ulster Bank to close at least 172 branches in 2023/24 – here's the full list, plus alternatives

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NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Ulster Bank, which are all part of the NatWest Group, will now shut at least 172 of their bank branches in 2023 and 2024. On London’s Carnaby Street, even standing on a table, I attract very little interest. None of the shoppers have heard of Balenciaga. “What’s that? An ice-cream?” says one. Martin Lewis: Do you have a Power of Attorney? It’s crucial protection – not just for the elderly – and more important than a will

Perhaps my body isn’t quite as iconic as when Sean Connery wore a towel skirt in 1965’s Thunderball. “Balenciaga have taken a very mundane object and put it in a fashion context,” Harri says. “Fashion is all about finding the right audience.”