‘Ab Fab: The movie’: Patsy’s bouffant remains intact on the high seas

Champagne, sunglasses and slightly false grins ... it’s all present and correct for Ab Fab: The Movie, filming now and out next year.

In the publicity shot released this week, Patsy and Edina are still absolutely fabulous, obviously, but their lifestyle has been updated for 2015 — hence the superyacht.

Details of the film’s plot line are sketchy, but seem to involve the pair fleeing London in disgrace for the French Riviera — quite right for a duo who like to leave a trail of destruction, or at least wine glasses and cigarette butts, behind them.

The outfits — kaftan and Pucci prints for Eddy, nautical and blow-dried bouffant for Patsy — are trad jet set, perfect for living under the radar among the super-rich. While guest appearances from Kate Moss, Emma Bunton and even Kim Kardashian have been mooted for the film, it’s Julia Sawalha’s Saffy, aka Eddy’s daughter, queen of the eyeroll, that viewers of the 90s show will be most looking forward to seeing again.

What she’ll be wearing on the high seas is not yet known, but a sensible jumper, folded arms and disapproving expression directed towards her mother is probably a good guess.