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PAUL SMITH PRESENTS SPRING/SUMMER 2021 WOMENSWEAR COLLECTION

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Paul Smith spring/summer ’21 turns to photo albums and reminisces over happy memories and dreamlike holidays from the past. Inspiration from these precious adventures Paul shared with Pauline is expressed throughout the collection.

Photographs with colours faded, and styles from the ‘70s serve to inform the collection. Relaxed elegance and a colour palette of earthy tones, pale sky blues and sun-bleached vintage colours imbue the mood of the collection. A sense of being in transit, between locations, at an airport or travel agent is captured through the mise-en-scène of the look book imagery.

This season Paul Smith reimagines tailoring for a new era. Blazers are soft and unstructured. Comfortable and informal. Colours are faded and sun-bleached pinks and blues.

Prints play a central role in lifting the collection, with a mis-matched eclecticism. A sense of joy prevails. The Monarch Rose print is re-worked in saturated colours, an over-sized graphic print with a vintage hue, is applied to modern styles throughout the collection. The Acid Floral comes in two tones and is found on separates including knitwear.

Lightweight summer fabrics including seersucker, organic cotton and linen, all offer graceful ease of movement. A cream oversized smock shirt in cotton is teamed with a matching mid-length pleated skirt is key, imbued with a sense of nonchalant ease.

New shapes for jackets emerge, softened lines, refined in design yet with a casual ease. A shortened double-breasted jacket with pleated trousers in cornflower blue stands out. The dusty pink suit with lengthened jacket, unstructured and loose fitting offers an alternative key shape.

The bomber jacket comes in tailoring fabrics or leather. Elongated at the waist and featuring oversized pockets, it derives a masculinity that anchors the more whimsical elements of the collection.

Dresses are lightweight, pleated and loose fitting with a midcalf length hemline, offering an ease of movement and wear.

Combinations of separates are unexpected and playful, with a clash of characterful prints to provide a playful eclecticism. A mood of individuality and independence abounds.