"She's in Fashion" is the second single from the album Head Music

Head Music

Head Music is the fourth album by English alternative rock band Suede, released by Nude Records in May 1999.Produced and mixed by Steve Osborne, Head Music features a more electronic sound, which was a new approach to their music...

by Suede

Suede (band)

Suede are an English alternative rock band from London, formed in 1989. The group's most prominent early line-up featured singer Brett Anderson, guitarist Bernard Butler, bass player Mat Osman and drummer Simon Gilbert. By 1992, Suede were hailed as "The Best New Band in Britain", and attracted...

, released on 21 June 1999 on Nude Records

Nude Records

Nude Records was a London based record label, set up in 1992 by Saul Galpern who had previously been involved in the success of artists such as Simply Red, the Fall, Julian Cope, The Triffids, The Slits and The Au Pairs. The label's first success was with Suede. Suede's debut album was the fastest...

. Peaking at number thirteen on the UK singles chart, "She's In Fashion" features a swirling synth line that helps build the song into a dreamy uptempo track, quite unlike anything the band had previously done up to that point. All the songs were produced by Mick Glossop except "She's in Fashion", which was produced by Steve Osborne

Steve Osborne

Steve Osborne is a multi-platinum selling British record producer. He has worked with a wide variety of musicians, such as New Order, Doves, U2 and KT Tunstall. During the 1990s, Osborne was half of the Perfecto Records team, a production and remix collaboration with Paul Oakenfold; the artists...

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The video for the title song was directed by Johan Renck

Johan Renck

Bo Johan Renck is a Swedish director of music videos, TV and film. He is an occasional recording artist using the moniker Stakka Bo.-Music videos:...

, and features lead singer Brett Anderson

Brett Anderson

Brett Lewis Anderson is an English singer-songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the band Suede. After Suede disbanded in 2003, he briefly fronted The Tears, and has released four solo albums...

 riding in a car, focusing on a woman who re-appears outside in a different setting with different clothing.

According to Nude Records

Nude Records

Nude Records was a London based record label, set up in 1992 by Saul Galpern who had previously been involved in the success of artists such as Simply Red, the Fall, Julian Cope, The Triffids, The Slits and The Au Pairs. The label's first success was with Suede. Suede's debut album was the fastest...

 Saul Galpern, "She's in Fashion" was Suede's biggest radio hit. "She's in Fashion" has been described as 'the most summery-sounding pop song Suede have recorded,' yet its light feel disguises what proved to be months of heavy production work, several re-recordings and a lot of experimentation. According to Osborne, the recording process took six months and several studios were used. "It happens quite often that you go on a journey, attempt various things and end up preferring the first thing you did. 'Fashion' was a song that we started in the first week of recording -- but we didn't finish it until the very last week!"

The song was well received by critics, who welcomed the songs summery sound. Heat

Heat (magazine)

Heat is a British entertainment magazine published by German company Bauer Media Group. it is one of the biggest selling magazines in the UK, with a regular circulation over half a million. Its mix of celebrity news, gossip and fashion is primarily aimed at women, although not as directly as in...

called it "Sumptuous and outrageously poppy", while Select called it "Glorious, summery pop, like the Isley Brothers used to make." James Oldham of NME

NME

The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...

had mixed views, he said. "...'She's in Fashion' is a balmy, barmy beaut, shimmering grooves turning a blithe eye to the world." However, he added, "...as Brett Anderson waxes lyrical balderdash about some wench he spotted pricing spuds in Waitrose

Waitrose

Waitrose Limited is an upmarket chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom and is the food division of the British retailer and worker co-operative the John Lewis Partnership. Its head office is in Bracknell, Berkshire, England...

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Track listings

CD1

1. "She's in Fashion" (Brett Anderson
   Brett Anderson
   Brett Lewis Anderson is an English singer-songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the band Suede. After Suede disbanded in 2003, he briefly fronted The Tears, and has released four solo albums...
   
   , Neil Codling
   Neil Codling
   Neil John Codling is an English musician. He is best known as the keyboardist for the alternative rock band Suede.-Early life:...
   
   )
2. "Bored" (Anderson, Richard Oakes
   Richard Oakes (guitarist)
   Richard Oakes is an English musician and songwriter, best known as the guitarist and occasional pianist and backing vocalist of the English band, Suede.-Early life:...
   
   )
3. "Pieces of My Mind" (Anderson)

CD2

1. "She's in Fashion" (Anderson, Codling)
2. "Jubilee" (Anderson, Codling)
3. "God's Gift" (Anderson)

Cassette

1. "She's in Fashion" (Anderson, Codling)
2. "Down" (demo) (Anderson, Oakes)