What to wear with shorts

Stylogs,


Classy look for short with a pale blue top

I remember times, years ago where all I was wearing was shorts, sandals, light and bright tops and spent my summer days climbing trees and eating ice cream.

If it’s not a dream, it must be that my memory is playing games on me. Summer used to be about freedom and independence.

With a welcome emergence of summer in England, I suddenly faced an unfamiliar dilemma. Summer is here, the mercury is rising, and I don’t know what to wear. You can’t just pull whatever your touch from your wardrobe and nothing really fits properly, and nothing matches the other bits. Crumbs, it is quite tricky to get the right ‘summer’ look.

So here’s my take on what to wear with shorts. As always, there is no single answer. It depends on your body shape, skin complexion, face, hair, you name it. But in principle, unless you are a size zero super model (or near enough), steer clear from anything too tight. The shorts can hug your waist but the rest of your outfit should be looser and certainly not tight.

Casual yet super sleek combination of
short denims with long sleeved top

You may want to keep some parts of your body covered to offset the acreage of skin that your exposed legs now show to the world. So go with long sleeves which not only counter the exposed skins on the legs but also make this differentiation look quiet cute. V neck tops can work well for women with smaller breast when combined with light shorts, as they take the focus away from the cleavage and spread it around the body. If you have broad shoulders, you should vouch for boat neck, as they will balance out the top half of the body with the shorts and legs.

When going for a summery look with shorts, I’d highly recommend keeping the jewellery on show to a minimum. This keeps the balance between being ‘free’ and chic just about right.

You can definitely go for sandals if the temperature is right (or if you have a nice tattoo that you need to the share with the world, anyone?).  

 

Never ever wear socks with sandals. That’s not allowed under any political system (dictatorial, autocratic and even democratic). Also, if you go for exposed feet in sandals, please please make sure you treat your cracked heels, and your toe nails are well trimmed and manicured (you can go for a summery colour polish, or just with something quiet, depending on your mood).

Pre - Season Collections: Fashion Cycles are Getting Shorter

Stylogs,

Pre-season fashion is confusing the fashion establishment, but does bring in a fresh set of gorgeous designs.

Heavy floods in central Europe may not be your first association with June, but just ask the people the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. However, the fashion world steams ahead with ever shorter design cycles.

What used to be a four season world, has recently turned into a multiple season parade with pre-seasons to add to the mix confuse everybody. These sub-seasons are gaining popularity with some fashion buyers claiming to spend about four fifths of their budget on these bridging collections.

Customers have grown used to the ‘latest’ and ‘new’ stickers on their fashion sites, or dedicating a whole sub-section of their website for the latest collections (http://www.kaleidoscope.co.uk ). Offering a way to get into a new collection early on and before trends take place in the wider public, allows the fashion oriented customers to make an early move, according to sources in the industry.

There are several designs I actually like in the inevitable pre-autumn collections that have crept upon us from these shores and across the pons.

From Barney’s New York a beautiful and yet classy knit sweater by O 2^nd


Knit sweater by O 2^nd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From Brown’s London, a chic  sweat shirt

A really clever Missoni multicoloured wool blend jumper that is as intriguing as it is pretty.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The best view on this latest development is by Paula Reed, Fashion director at Harvey Nichols who said that she thinks of the catwalk as “the icing, but the pre-collection is the cake”.  She was particularly excited about some promising young British designers such as Peter Pilotto, Roksanda Ilincic, Christopher Kane and Jonathan Saunders. She also mentioned Nina Ricci, Proenza Schouler and Céline as ones to keep a close eye on.

From the across the water, Tomoko Ogura a Fashion director at Barney’s of New York said that some of their favourite pre-autumn collections are Saint Laurent, Givenchy, Carven, Acne Studios and Regulation by Yohji Yamamoto. She pointed out that animal prints will be noticeably prominent this season, as well as the Manolo Blahnik’s zebra print pump