Spring / Summer trends 2012
ELECTRIC ECLECTIC
If you want to make a bold statement, vibrant, acid bright colours are huge this year. This is a trend that you can’t tone down so it’s all about mixing colours together – not for shrinking violets. Put together pinks, blues, yellows and greens for a new take on last year’s colour blocking trend. If clashing isn’t your thing but you still like this look, try it with denim, which will give you a flavour of the trend.
FLEUR-TY PRINTS
Spring is when nature comes alive, and this is reflected this season. Summer is looking hot with colour prints – from vintage-inspired florals, to luscious paradise islands and tropical flowers. Whether you go for floaty, structured or somewhere in between, achieve this look by embracing the traditional and injecting it with the right amount of attitude. There is only one rule with this trend – the bigger and bolder the print the better!
Spring / Summer trends 2012
As the gloomy winter months fade into memory, it’s time to forget functional fashion, pack away your knitwear and welcome back lighter fabrics and brighter colours.
Spring is our favourite time of year for fashion and this season, you’re likely to find yourself wrapped in gorgeous fabrics and adorned with colour, from vivid brights to sugary shades.
As the latest trends hit the high street, we’ve asked the experts at Cabot Circus for the lowdown on what to wear this spring – some style inspiration before you hit the shops!
WATERCOLOUR
Summer becomes mouth-watering this year, with yummy colours like orange sorbet, lemon sherbet and rosy apple, giving a sweet and delicious look – good enough to eat!
The subtle, sugar pastels give a feminine, clean palette. Wear together or with white, or toughen it up with a rock t-shirt and dangerously high heels for a cute and candy appearance.
I <3 MY MUM!!
Drop the bouquet, ditch those predictable cards, Mother’s Day is about celebrating our magnificent mums, and we have nosed through the retailers at Cabot Circus and Quakers Friars to provide the alternative gift guide for your special lady!
Not a blossom in sight here as we give you a couple of different suggestions that will make your mum very happy indeed.
Scarfs
All women LOVE a good scarf, and we have found some beauties! Crew clothing have a lovely range of scarves, and our favourite has to be the gorgeous butterfly scarf– and we love the monochrome number by Timney at House of Fraser.
Handbags
A girl can never have enough handbags you know? So why not get a gorgeous bag for your mum? Cabot Circus is spoilt for choice in this department, but our picks of the crop are from Fossil and Ollie and Nic.
Smelling pretty
With an array of perfumes and beauty products on offer, it is pretty difficult to get it wrong. But here are a couple of suggestions from Harvey Nichols and Molton Brown.
