What You Need Now For Spring
We’ve reached the point in the winter when our well-worn turtlenecks and parkas no longer spark the joy they once did. Craving freshness, in the form of striking silhouettes and modern prints, is the only antidote to style stagnation.
Spring’s top designers deliver effortless luxury in spades. Prepare for your most stylish season yet in our edit of the most modern must-haves: unabashedly bold blooms, jet-puffed shoulders, wide-leg jeans and take-anywhere totes.
The Puff Sleeve Top
As our wardrobes continue to inflate with exaggerated shapes, shoulders are standing at attention too. But this isn’t the stiff structure of the 80s. Instead, spring’s puff sleeves are imbued with a new softness, seen even on striped shirting. Delicate pleating provides a feminine flutter that instantly transforms a timeless classic into a modern statement piece.
The Floral Blouse
Florals may not be groundbreaking for spring, but the sheer size of this season’s blooms are cause for conversation. Gone are the days of dainty designs. Instead, Velvet’s breezy blouse leads the charge for the anything-but-subdued posy. Awash in Crayola colours, punchy botanical prints offer a fresh way to welcome warmer weather.
The Printed Dress
Making the move away from wool and cashmere in favour of cotton and linen always feels momentous. It’s also when dresses truly shine. Make your spring picks feel all the more polished by choosing a notice-me-now print. Rhode’s painterly petals will surely set you apart thanks to the lush palette and refined hemline.
The Wide-Leg Jean
Denim was the canary in the coal mine for the shifting shapes sweeping the fashion landscape, bringing voluminous silhouettes mainstream before most other categories. Now an essential element for any updated wardrobe, wide legs are the cut du jour. Of course, there is plenty of room to personalize your pair according to preference. Rises, washes and hems are the perfect place to make your blues feel individual to you.
The Take-Anywhere Tote
From micro mini to maximum capacity, the chicest bags lie at the extremes. The tote’s rise in popularity comes as no surprise as it veers to one end of the size spectrum. Naghedi, a new-to-Andrews collection, champions a chic woven construction that is refined enough to wear to work but transitions seamlessly to off-duty days too.