FIRST CLASS FASHION – JETSET WITH THE STYLE HIGH CLUB

If every corridor is a catwalk, then every runway is erm, well… A runway. Soar sartorially above the fash flock with our stem-to-stern guide to travelling en vogue, from takeoff to landing.

Dear hearts, as style-minded jetsetters, we've long banished the idea that to embrace comfort one must forgo all sense of fashion decorum. Au contraire, in chicness there lies an inherent ease and effortlessness… But no darling, your baby pink Juicy Couture velour tracksuit just doesn't make the cut. Sidestep the flying faux pas with these head-to-hoof picks for looking fab, first class ticket or not.

Let's begin with the top story – an all-important titfer to hide that synthetic pillow-ed, matted mane. Our current milliner of choice is LA's Nick Fouquet, the rakish rogue whose designs combine the aloof insouciance of a Parisian with the Duke's classic cool – trust us it works. For maximum mystery, try the two-tone open crown; handcrafted from the finest beaver felt in black and tan, with a generous brim under which to perfect the quintessential pap-repelling head tilt.

To enhance the don't-look-at-me-but-really-do effect, team with a pair of spectac sunnies. Played out peepers will find refuge behind Warby Parker's graphic Banks silhouette, a contempo classic in ginger-hued acetate and polarised lenses for refuge from the pap-attack. Kylie… Is that you?!

Compound the look with the consummate lounge-to-cabin compatriot, a cashmere shawl from heritage London label N'Peal. If it was good enough to grace the shoulders of Marilyn, Cary and Lady Di, it's certainly worthy of your own draping too.

Speaking of Monroe, she famously wore just a splash of Chanel No.5 to bed. But before you start unbuttoning your bespoke teddy, Betty, 37,000 feet is hardly the moment to strip down. However, a well-timed spritz of fragrance can fight fatigue and lift spirits – we suggest a soulful sniff from rebel parfumier Le Labo , hand-mixed and encased in a chic tailored-for-travel tube, or in dandy rub-on dry form.

Now, all that is left of the ultimate travel ensemble is a case to trump all trunks, and for this we turn to Moynat. The Paris-based malletier has been luxuriating the load for globe-trotting travellers since 1849 and, frankly, what it doesn't know about objets de voyage isn't worth the 'legroom' in cattle class. Couple the iconic monogram Cabas Quattro with a matching made-to-measure valise. Et voila, you're set to jet!