The garden party

A new season for fashion and a different direction for Harvey Nichols who this season took us to a glorious garden party, watching beautiful young things saunter down a florally adorned catwalk. Not exactly a painful way to spend an evening.

There’s a joie de vive feel to this season with lightweight layering and uncomplicated fabrics perfect for those hot and hazy days that we’re aspiring to. Florals are high impact for girls alongside tea dresses and pastels plus a glance to Africa with primitive and tribal-inspired prints.

Again for the boys, it’s highly unstructured, with inspirations from a resort-style look and sportswear overtones. The all American preppie school boy makes a return with loose knits and striped tops and blazers.

Think weekend in the Hamptons and you can’t go wrong.