With the summer holidays fast approaching, we are
daydreaming about exotic destinations with clear turquoise waters, cocktails at
the beach bar, and fresh off the line seafood dinners. Our suitcases will be
packed with bright non-crease sundresses, sandals and flip-flops, and a few too
many bikinis. But how will we
accessorise? For us, holidays aren’t the
time for heavy coordinated accessorising, but we still like to make a
statement.
Taking inspiration from some of our favourite icons (old and
new), here are a few looks we’ll be channelling:
EARRINGS WITH DRAMA
We’ll do like Natalie Wood and fashion our beachwear with an
oversized hoop earring.
Kate Moss is our leading lady for proving it doesn’t matter what you wear (if
anything at all…) – here she wears a simple bikini with
bold earrings. Evelyn Trip and Bridget Bardot both show how
to work sun hats with
statement earrings.
The tip here is the more drama the better.
STACKING BANGLES
Bangles and bracelets are the jewellery fail-safe to
complement low-key beachwear style. Our favourite girls: Lisa Fonssagrives,
Beverly Johnson and Helen Beatty adorn their arms high with
bracelets of contrasting textures and sizes. Barbara Bach masters easy holiday glamour,
balancing a statement
cuff with coordinating
bangles on the other arm to pull together a great summer evening look – a styling move
we will definitely emulate this summer.
LAYERING NECKLACES
Our girls here demonstrate that layering necklaces works as
well for summer casual as for city dress up.
Edie Sedgwick and Stevie Nicks give a relaxed beach-town vibe by mixing
chain pendants with bead and
gemstone necklaces of
different lengths. Necklaces long enough to wrap twice around the neck work
especially well here – check out this one
here
from Gilda’s Tryst.
Renowned as a groomed international fashionista of impeccable taste, Olivia
Palermo’s relaxed summer look is no exception. We say: don’t be afraid to mix
silver and
gold because metallics are bang on trend for this summer. When you’re out and about,
our top tip is to focus on the accessories and stick to a plain top so the
necklaces really stand out.
COCKTAIL RINGS
These ladies show how to let the cocktail ring make the
statement - and we are sure to have at least one on our summer holiday
list. Kate Moss and Blake Lively stick
to large
cocktail rings centred by opulent stones which make them wow. Ashley Olsen is rarely pictured
without her must-have jewellery pieces: her rings. We love this edgier approach
and she keeps her hands looking fierce with
angular rings worn against
stone rings for maximum impact.
SCARF PLAY
Here at Gilda’s Tryst we
are big on silk scarves and it’s due
to their versatility that we never pack a suitcase without them. Scarves are great hair accessories and we
might like Elizabeth Taylor, Kate Hudson, or even Allie (from The Notebook) use
a
scarf as a protector against naughty sea breezes, or like Elke Sommers, use it to
liven up an outfit, give it some
colour and movement.
We could simply tie it around the neck in with cool European insouciance,
evoked here perfectly by Sophia Loren or like Jessica Alba, just wrap it over a
plain t.
COLOUR POP
Our final accessorising trend is big this summer - bright
colours against bronzed skin always works.
We take inspiration from Kate Moss with her
bold pink earrings against crisp white, and Natalie Wood’s bright green earrings against
yellow. Kate Hudson shows us how to
clash colours to colour pop with the best of them.
