If you’re already daydreaming about long, heady summer days spent sipping Campari Spritz on an Italian beach as you channel retro, Riviera glamour, you now have the clothes with which to make this dream a reality. The weather may have taken its time to catch-up with our yearning for sunnier climes but now that we're facing a supposedly sunny bank holiday, Warehouse’s new designer collaboration is just in time.
The brand has teamed up with cult favourite Shrimps, led by designer Hannah Weiland. She made her name with bright, playful takes on faux fur, launching a succession of coats that became as famous as the people wearing them. Since 2013, when the brand launched, Shrimps has expanded to include all manner of clothes and accessories, all infused with Weiland’s own brand of romantic whimsy. Now, she has brought that to the British high street, in a 40-piece collection packed with the kind of nostalgic whimsy only a summer wardrobe can get away with.
There are co-ords in broderie anglaise, daisy print separates, silky jumpsuits and colourful crochet. Seersucker swimsuits look as though they’ve stepped right out of the 1950s, while the accessories are sure to be a universal hit. There are straw totes embellished with daisies, espadrilles, wickerwaist belts, bucket hats and elegant straw hats bedecked with ribbon. It is, in short, everything a summer wardrobe should be – and at high street prices too, seeing as the entire collection starts at a very modest £15.
The collection launches today and it's really no exaggeration to say that it's likely to sell out at lightning speed. Off you go, then...