Sneak Preview: Patsy and Edina kick ass

28 April 2016 - 02:11 By Emma Spedding, ©The Telegraph

In July fashion's favourite double act, Patsy and Edina, return in Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie. Today the first trailer landed and, as expected, the film promises to be packed with ridiculously flamboyant outfits and fashion in-jokes. And we finally discover the story behind those paparazzi pictures from the set of Kate Moss clambering out of the Thames.Here is what we learned from the trailer:Stella McCartney wants nothing to do with Edina ...At "London's biggest fashion event of the year" Edina approaches Stella McCartney in a gold dress, green furry stole and red OTT necklace. McCartney looks horrified and says: "You're not wearing my clothes are you?" Edina replies: "No, no it's all TK Maxx, TK Maxx!"Patsy and Edina kill Kate Moss ...Patsy and Edina make a beeline for Kate Moss at said fashion event and accidentally push her into the Thames and kill her. We then see a police search party scouring the Thames for the supermodel's body and news reports showing pictures of the wanted terrible twosome. Stella McCartney throws a brick through Edina's window - "the only thing she has ever received from the designer".The Vivienne Westwood shop window delays their attempt to flee the country ...We see the pair running through London in a bid to escape to Saint Tropez, but the Vivienne Westwood shop window proves a bit of a distraction. Edina says to Patsy: "When this is actually over darling, will you remind me to go back for the boots I just saw in Westwood's window."Were scenes filmed at the British Fashion Awards?Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders presented Stella McCartney with the Best Brand Award at the 2015 British Fashion Awards in full character. The pair wear their full looks from the night in the trailer, making us suspect scenes were perhaps filmed at the Awards Show.Patsy is sticking to her signature head-to-toe white look ...It might be 24 years after the "sweetie darlings" first hit our screens, but Patsy is staying loyal to her signature look, wearing a white shirt with Liz Hurley white trousers. She wears this to deliver one of the best lines in the trailer, telling Edina she doesn't need to look in a mirror, because "I am your mirror".Their fugitive outfits are on-point ...Instead of wearing stealth head-to-toe black, Patsy and Edina flee to the South of France in statement parkas and camouflage prints. Edina wears a green oversize parka covered in badges, with platform Timberland boots and a trucker hat. Patsy wears black leggings with an Ashish sequin parka worth £3380.Saffy is giving us PJ envy ...Edina's daughter Saffy was tormented by her mother and Patsy for her lack of taste in almost every episode, but we have to say that we are rather fond of her blue-and-white-striped PJs. ..

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