For those sitting on the fence over the kaftan, several designers have picked it up and run with it for summer, delivering versatile styles. Beautiful linens and crisp cotton kaftans provide a fresh take on volume for summer, appropriate for not only the beach but, when thrown over a pair of jeans and sandals, the perfect blueprint for easy, laissez-faire dressing.
The play on proportion extends to the multitude of oversized shirt dresses, slouchy trans-seasonal knitwear and billowing palazzo-style pants. An oversized light knit dress, for example, is transformed from cosy to terrific with the addition of slingback heels and a pair of statement earrings for formal occasions.
Other accessories that enhance voluminous separates include Miss Crabb's irreverent shoe collaboration with Mi Piaci, arriving in stores in the next few weeks, including a pink patent leather peep-toe mule (also available in red) - an easy way to balance out the bulk and add a sense of occasion to otherwise casual pieces.
