The five fashion pieces which will lift your wardrobe (and your mood) this spring
telegraph.co.ukClockwise from right: Polyester long coat, £49.99, Zara; RWS wool knit, £220, Meadows Store; RWS Wool trousers, £79, Arket; Classic duo boots, £288, Ops & Ops; Woven leather bag, £360, Danse LenteClockwise from left: Cotton checked shirt jacket, £240, Essentiel Antwerp; Cashmere jumper, £185, Bee and Sons; Form boot, £500, Dear Frances; Leather skirt, £290, COS; Suede bag, £99, Arket…but don’t wear too many hues in the same outfit. “Primrose yellow”, “kelly green” and a warm neutral such as “setting plaster” work well together, but as I discovered while trying looks for this shoot, you can be just one pink sweater away from looking like a slice of Battenberg cake.I love stacks of delicate, filigree jewellery, but with spring pastels, they can look dowdy.
Wear one or two strong, sleek pieces instead. I adore the new demi-fine jewellery brand Dévé by Estelle Dévé, who is like a contemporary Elsa Peretti with her love for bold, organic, modernist shapes.
Her Croissance Illimitée hoops just seem to do something (rather brilliant) for the cheekbones!I know, I hear you. My black turtleneck is my dress-in-the-dark safety blanket, but there comes a point in the year when it’s an energy drainer.
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