Much like doing a spring clean around the house reduces clutter (and stress!) and makes you feel more focused, overhauling your wardrobe for the new season will help boost your confidence. That doesn’t mean you need to ditch all your existing clothes though. Buying just a handful of items that tick those key spring/summer 24 fashion trends and incorporating them into your wardrobe will make all the difference. So keep scrolling for your SS24 shopping list, which you can tick off on Oxford Street.
Purple Reign
While last season was all about red, spring/summer sees the arrival of purple, in all its variations, from amethyst to lilac. The colour-averse amongst you might think this trend isn’t one for you, but you can easily make it work by investing in just one purple item and keeping the rest of your look monochromatic. You could, for example, team a purple shirt with beige slacks, or tone down an already muted lilac dress with black or white accessories.
Orange You Nice
You won’t be seeing many pastels this spring. Instead, the other bold hue to come out of fashion week was orange, again, in all its declinations, from a pale tangerine to a bright neon. If you’re tempted to go head-to-toe with this trend, a nice way of breaking it up is mixing and matching different shades of orange, or picking a design with a pattern on it, so it’s not too ‘in your face’.
Arts and Crafts
Luckily with this trend, you don’t have to have mastered art class at school to dress the part. During the shows at fashion week, designers were keen to showcase bohemian details like lace, fringes and crochet, and these work really well for spring. Why not try a crochet top paired with jeans, a skirt with a fringed hem, or for something unapologetically whimsical, a floral lace maxi dress?
Monochrome Magic
Every season tells a tale of opposites. Where you have bold colours like orange and purple, you’ll always get their more subdued counterparts, and for SS24, that’s black and white, and we’re talking head-to-toe here. Think a white shirt paired with black dungarees, a black jumper with a white pencil skirt – this is a good place to inject details from the arts and crafts trend – or a white dress cinched in with a black belt. For a more casual look, try jersey trousers with a sweatshirt, all in cream of course.
Spring Florals
To quote Miranda Priestly from The Devil Wears Prada: “Florals… for spring? Groundbreaking”. Well actually Miranda, they kind of are. While floral prints have undoubtedly always been around, we’re seeing a bit of a different take on them here. Look out for graphic prints, oversized flowers, 3D blooms and floral accessories galore.
Metallics
Metallic accessories are such an easy way to instantly add pizazz to your everyday wardrobe, and a staple for wedding guest season. While we saw some hints of gold in the new designer collections, silver, and in particular silver shoes, reigned supreme. So it’s worth adding silver sandals, silver ballet pumps (another huge trend for spring/summer) or silver heels to your shopping list.
Elevated Basics
Elevated basics were one of the biggest – and most wearable – trends of autumn/winter and they’re not going away any time soon thankfully. So if you didn’t opt in last season, now’s the time to invest. It’s all about buying good quality, timeless ‘basic items’ such as white t-shirts, trench coats, denim skirts, straight-leg jeans and blazers, so that they’ll last a lifetime and make you look chic without even trying – something we all strive for!
Hats Off
Hats are back and we know what you’re thinking so hear us out: this trend isn’t about the OTT fascinators and statement hats you might see at events such as royal weddings and Ascot (though there’s nothing wrong with that either). For SS24 we’re looking at a much more paired-back, and therefore wearable, take on the accessory. On the more casual side of things, you have baseball caps and bucket hats, and on the dressier end of the scales, you’ll find baker boy hats, trilby hats and structured straw hats. All of them can be worn with everything you already own, from jeans and tees to maxi dresses, they’re simply a lovely finishing touch.
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