Friday

[unpaid/affiliate] I was very tempted yesterday to buy this when I saw it in Oliver Bonas but annoyingly they didn’t have my size. In real life it’s a sparkling (not glittery) fine knit jacket that is perfect for cooler summer evenings when you still need to bring the vibe but don’t want to suffer for it :-). The pictures don’t do the jacket any justice at all because its an effervescent and glinting kind of orange that isn’t Tango or Easyjet but is maybe a slightly burnt orange. I wish I’d taken a picture in store now. I’d wear this with a white dress, any denim at all and also any shorts at all. That said, if you need your top covered, you probably won’t have your legs out. It’s £60 HERE in sizes 6 to 18.

The other thing I spotted is this sheer linen knit from Jigsaw. You don’t often find ‘cardigans’ at this length – it’s got wide 3/4 sleeves (and because they’re 3/4 you don’t have to worry about draping through the soup) and stops literally on the waist. It’s such a handy and flattering stopping point because it’s ideal with dresses as a not-jacket-but-something wear and the fact that it’s sheer is even better.

The model pictures use an impossibly long-legged model (or she’s been digitally stretched) that I don’t think give you quite enough of an idea of flexibility. I had a similar length, drawstring, sheer cardi from GAP and I wore it for years and wore it to death – every time I didn’t want the tops of my arms out on show, on it went, over racerback tops, strappy dresses and strappy tops and because it’s so lightweight, it’s not going to add heat of any significance. The price is a whopping £11o but when I think of all the times I wore my GAP one, it wouldn’t be wrong to think of this as money well spent. It comes in brown as well and in sizes XS to XL HERE.