Here Comes The Sun...

For those of you fortunate enough to be going on your holidays soon, the all too familiar bikini shop will be rearing its ugly head - filling you with a mixture of dread (because you are too fat/too skint to get into 'that' bikini) and wet your pants excitement (we will be on the plane in precisely 3 months, 2 weeks and 3 days). So here is a little tip - there are only 3 (yes 3) items you need to get NOW, to ensure your hard earned holiday goes exactly as planned and you look exactly as gorgeous as you imagined on that beach...

1. Absurdly luxurious Leopard Beach Towel from Agent Provocateur £95

2. Fantastically kitsch Rose et la Mer sunglasses from Anna-Karin Karlsson £395

3. Totally zany Chieftan Story Bandeau bikini from Mara Hoffman £140

And you're all set. Now just to book the flights.

Color is crucial in painting, but it is very hard to talk about...

So I don't know about you but I find these recurring safari/floral/whatever trends that we get shoved down our necks by every magazine 'summer trend' report going, very boring. Thank god then this year for a bit of colour. Especially on these still long dark days. The sun is coming though, I can feel it.

What better way to bring it out than a little retail therapy rain dance?

Best not worn all at once.

Purple platforms by Marni at Net a Porter £365

Green bra by Stella McCartney at Net a Porter £65

Pink dress by Mara Hoffman at Net a Porter £235

Yellow knickers by Deborah Marquit at Net a Porter £95