![]() ![]() A sunny holiday is right at the top of the post-pandemic wishlist for many of us, so clothes that remind us of bikinis, strappy dresses and maxi skirts that have been packed in a box for two years feel more appealing than ever. ![]() I am not alone in that, and the holiday-suitcase appeal of coral and fuchsia, sky blue and lime is part of the attraction. ![]() Bright colours make me happy, partly because they are what I wear on holiday. There is room for different looks, and different colours. One working day doesn’t always look like another any more. The old routine in which five days out of seven marched to the drum of the train timetable and office hours is no longer standard. This makes sense, for this moment in time, when an era of hybrid working patterns means that for many of us the week is finding a new rhythm – an uneven mix of commuting and home working, of Pret sandwiches and fridge leftovers. Life has been all rules and guidelines, for so long.”īright colour is about optimism, and it is also about breaking free of monotony. It makes you feel happy.” Designer Rejina Pyo, who not only paired a Lucozade blouse with a lime pencil skirt in her show but, at eight months pregnant, took her bow wearing the same colour combination, said colour brought “a sense of freedom which I’ve been longing for. “Colour is like sunshine on your face,” Mouret told me. Not the chalky, unusual shades that fashion tends to fall for – milky off-white pecorino, soft Tiepolo pink, rich espresso brown – but the brash shades you find in a box of crayons or a pack of highlighters, the colours of the neons at Piccadilly Circus or in an amusement arcade. Instead, next season is all about colour. But as shows went on over the weekend, one catwalk was a riot of yolk yellow and the one after that was a symphony in shades of orange and burgundy, and it dawned on me that there is no one colour of next season. ![]()
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