Tropicool

Floral pieces are a wardrobe essential every summer, but this season brings in unexpected combinations by clashing colours and prints, creating mismatched yet coordinated looks. Feminine and romantic pieces make way for summer, working full-blown tropical prints onto pastel backgrounds while more structured silhouettes such as the biker jacket are combined with multi coloured floral prints in a softer palette providing a contrast. 

Sportswear styles are incorporated with more tropical prints in quirky colours, updating the sportswear trend but also keeping motifs and typography in bold black and white. Mirroring the feel of the summer, tactile and dimensional fabrics define the season; embellishment is a key detail to the trend, with many of the florals seen on the catwalk combining embroidery or appliqué into the prints. The focus of this trend remains with printed fabrics, whether bold and bright or muted and used as a background, florals continue to be layered, mixed and fused with an array of prints, including stripes, geometrics and checks.

By Jaz Sangha

1.    Dorothy Perkins £35

2.   River Island £38

3.   Topshop £36

4.   2BME Accessories ‘Nurture’

5.    Topshop £29

6.   2BME Accessories

7.   New Look £12