Trend alert: Statement jumpers - Telegraph With Givenchy, Kenzo and Céline all championing the luxe jumper, it's time to think about what you pull over your head this season. It all started with that Bambi sweater; the large Givenchy sweater that Amanda Seyfried modelled during her first high fashion campaign back in May 2013. Since then autumn's statement jumpers have been gaining a following thick and fast. Kenzo followed up its tiger sweatshirts with the brand's graphic eye motif for autumn/winter 2013, while Stella McCartney's tartan intarsia jumper has proved popular with fashion editors. Trending: Statement sweaters And it's not just fashion's elite that are wearing them. Womenswear buying director of Browns, Lara Larbalestier tells Vogue that Céline's chunky alpine roll neck sweater and The Row's cable-knit jumpers were the first pieces to sell out from all the pre-fall collections. SEE: Givenchy's family affair for autumn/winter 2013 campaign So how did the winter staple achieve 'It' sweater status? "It's the quality of these super-luxe knits that makes them so compelling," divulges Natalie Kingham, senior womenswear buyer at Matchesfashion.com. Added to this the expert cut that naturally goes amiss in warmth-over-style high street offerings and the pullover has been put on this season's pedestal. Shop: Statement jumpers For those looking to make a high impact style statement, designer pullovers are an easy way in. They immediately attract attention and indicate a fashion habit, but ignore the fact that everything else on an outfit could be high street. READ: Kenzo designers reveal how their sell-out sweatshirts nearly didn't happen Put it this way, when wearing Kenzo's much coveted prints, no one will be asking if the vest underneath the jumper is also designer. This is why the statement jumper is a shoe-in to the fashion world that isn't going anywhere soon.