Easy dressing and summer go hand in hand. During the hotter months, there’s nothing better than switching from strict tailoring to flowing dresses and separates that make you feel relaxed and put together at the same time.
Loose silhouettes don’t have to mean shapeless or unflattering. In fact, it’s all about playing with texture, colour and cut to make it work for you. Think like the creative director of Valentino, Pierpaolo Piccioli, who captured the essence of fabulously cool summer dressing in his resort 2021 collection.
His focus was on bold colours, accents of gold and a blend of textures. “An egalitarian collection that stems from the will to purify, rationalize, subtract in a gently radical way. Flat, elementarily geometric shapes result from a process of thoughtful definition effortlessly resolved in the mastery of cut.”
Piccioli wants to give you complete freedom to style the pieces however you feel and we are smitten with his approach to tonal dressing as well as unusual pairings such as the khaki tunic top with a sparkly gold midi skirt.
Not forgetting the accessories, the petal handbags look like 3D art and there are plenty of other codes of the Maison dotted throughout, including bows, studs in leather or straw. Hats are developed in collaboration with Borsalino, bringing another atelier knowledge into the line-up.
Below, we have picked out our personal favourites to inspire a fluid sense of dressing this summer.
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