A Tighter Shade of Pale
Swing into spring (see what we did there?) with the freshest trends to hit our stores. Repeat offenders are back as expected—pastels, flowers, tailored shorts and flirty skirts—but this time they’re getting an edgy makeover. Try warm weather leather in sweet pastel shades, but keep the top simple. Think clean, crisp blouses and button-ups with multicolored statement necklaces and ladylike pointed pumps in neons, pastels or bold floral prints. So, in other words: dress like this red-headed cutie. Better yet, turn the page for Katie Kenny’s trend roundup. Or, as she likes to call it: “Things I will be spending the majority of next month’s paycheck on.”
Ted Baker Spring Summer 2014 Collection: jacket, $TBC; top, $1,550; pants, $1,350; bag, $1,550; shoes, $1,695. Shop 147, 1/F, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty, 2918-9609.
This weather is seriously starting to get to me. Hot then cold; humid then skin-cracklingly-dry (gross, right?); sunny then smoggy—make your mind up, weather gods! I’ve decided to look ahead to a happier and less bipolar spring season, and there’s no harm in jazzing up your closet if you keep it below a certain price point—or if the trend is one that works as an investment piece. We’ve got to beat the blues somehow, don’t we? (Scroll down for even more inspiration for each trend!)
A Sheer Thing
Dress, $599, H&M
Shop 1050 and 2072 -76, Elements Mall, 1 Austin Rd. West, West Kowloon, 2196-8391.
Shining Example
Jacket, $6,890, Claudie Pierlot
Shop 3085B, 3/F, IFC Mall, 8 Finance St., Central, 2217-9677.