Fashion: Power pastels
Summer events stacking up in your diary? Make a date with these subtle but standout pieces
Low-maintenance floaty fabric makes this dress fine to wear with bare feet on a beach or strappy sandals for a wedding
Dress, £453, flowthelabel.com
Earrings, £29, violetblackjewellery.com
Sandals, £24, topshop.com
A skirt suit is a versatile alternative to a dress for the events season. Add a silk camisole for more formal occasions
Blazer, £249, and skirt, £139, meandem.com
Earrings, £10, jonrichard.com
Sandals, £59, charleskeith.com
Summer’s go-to shirt dress equals easy chic for any diary date, and this sash-waisted, pleated piece is super-flattering too
Dress, £399, boss.com
Earrings, £455, pascalejames.com
Pearl bangle, £219, maria-black.com
Gold bangles, £75 for three, shop-daphine.com
Sandals, £49.99, mango.com
Affordable, wearable and in his season’s key colour: meet your wardrobe’s new best friend
Dress, £39.99, zara.com
Earrings, £20, aweatheredpenny.co.uk
Sandals, £390, tibi.com
Snap up this statement silk wrap dress in a universally flattering shade of blue. Matching accessories make it totally now
Dress, £225, Rotate Birger Christensen, theshopatbluebird.com
Earrings, £310, mingyuwangnewyork.com
Necklace, £55, cosstores.com
Sandals, £205, Aeyde, net-a-porter.com
Senior stylist: Emily Dawes
Photographs: Anna Daki
Fashion assistants: Stephanie Sofokleous and Chloe Gallacher
Make-up: Jose Bass using Chanel
Hair: Jamie McCormick using Aveda
Model: Victoria Tuaz at Elite London
Production and casting: Lucy Coghlan