Earlier this year I was having lunch with a friend who is a fashion buyer and trend forecaster. She arrived in a blue and burgundy striped, knitted long-sleeve minidress with a white button-down shirt tied around her waist. The look was finished with see-through sandals and a heavy choker made of clear, round beads. We were in Paris and, as we made our way down the street, it occurred to me how in a single outfit she had incorporated the biggest trends of this coming spring: colour, makeshift belts, oversized jewellery and no-shoe shoes.
Alongside the season’s other big looks – balloon pants, jaunty hats, the rogue use of scarves, knee-length skirts and underwear-as-outerwear – it’s clear the mood in fashion is messy-but-chic. Not quite the luxurious chaos of early 2000s boho, but similarly pretty and off kilter.
