Summer prints are a straightforward way to jazz up an outfit
Summer print tops are a straightforward way to jazz up an outfit, but here at style statement Towers we are tired of stripes, fully over tribal and ditching the dots.
Call us kerrrrrazy, but we are branching out into checks. We have Christopher Kane to thank for relieving our print ennui. For his spring / summer collection, a undoubted troupe of models went down the catwalk in our fave all-American, picnic-inspired print, gingham.
Now our hearts are all a-flutter, just like Dorothy in the Magician of Oz, and we need all our attire to be made from table covers. Kane’s take on gingham is on Net-a-porter.com, but unless there are some truly actually rich FS customers out there, no one will be purchasing this blue and white dress.
It costs £2,370.43. If you’d like to do gingham in the most conventional way ( and we do ), try this irresistably sweet 50s-inspired sundress – it will make you look just like Betty Draper in Loony Men. It’s from Laura Ashley and is a reasonable £85. This apple-green cap-sleeve dress from Gant is a touch more dear at £179, but would look good with a cropped denim jacket for a preppy look. Topshop has a flirty skirt which is snip at £35. Team it with a plain white T-shirt and plimsolls for lazy summer afternoons in a lager garden. If you’d like to channel Dorothy, this prom-style dress from Miss Selfridge ( £35 ) is a knockout color, and will make sure you are a head-turner on the yellow brick road. Reasonably , you may wish to avoid curving into Small House on the Prairie territory, and this demure Toast dress ( £115 ) is the easiest way to recognize the trend in a stylish, toned-down demeanour. Not into dresses? Then try this pair of tailored shorts from Urban Outfitters ( £59 ), or a shirt from Dorothy Perkins ( £19 ). If a touch of a trend is more your mug of tea, Topshop’s headband ( £8 ) with a lovable knot is an excellent way to display your fashion nous without coming over all Martha Stewart.
This cross-body cream and brown bag ( £30 ), also from Topshop, is practical and fashionable and will carry into autumn / winter simply. More of a secret suitor than a plain-talking champion of the dastardly check? Then try these Uniqlo pants : for £3.99 you can go mad and buy all 3 colors.