White hot: How to wear summer's coolest colour
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- 19 Jul 2022
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There’s something intrinsically summery about putting on a freshly laundered white shirt on a July day. We like Swedish brand’s Asket’s 100% traceable style, Everlane’s boxy Oxford style and All Saints’ linen button-up. Nicola Coughlan’s Simone Rocha shirt dress is a cool update on the white shirt. Get the look with Palmer/Harding’s pleat trimmed or belted statement shirts from The Outnet.
It’s not just shirts in the spotlight either. Relaxed trouser suits were spotted on the runway at Hermès and Valentino. Check out H&M’s version, which is perfect styled with white trainers. Whether you choose to wear it head-to-toe or in wide-leg trousers, shorts, or this season’s runway hero, the white tank top – which dominated the shows from Prada to Bottega Veneta, (available on the high street in organic cotton, – at least one of these items should feature in your summer wardrobe.
SS22 saw white make a slick impression at The Row, where coats and dresses brightened the runway, while at Chloé, Gabriela Hearst chose a bohemian-style white dress to open her show, using size-inclusive models to reiterate that this look works on every bodyshape. Reformation’s Michaela babydoll dress with long sleeves, is available in size 18-28 and Fatface’s linen shirt dress, runs from 6-20. A white summer dress is a piece you can pull out year-on-year, broderie anglais styles don’t date – take a style note from the ever chic Sienna Miller and style with snakeskin shoes and a bold red lip.
Naysayers will denounce white as high maintenance and warn that it requires a certain level of care with beverages. This, while true, makes it an ideal candidate for rental – wear once and return, and let the hire company sort out the cleaning. Mywardrobehq.com has several white-dress options including a Cecilie Bahnsen voluminous mini and Victoria Beckham shirt dress. Just be careful with the takeaway coffee!. Read More...
