SPRING FASHION IS NO COLD COMFORT TO ME

Published date06 April 2024
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
Easter is in the rear-view mirror and thoughts turn to spring/summer fashion

Well mine do.

Which is why I found myself, a woman north of 40, standing huddled in her big coat-wearing mother's arms last weekend as I waited on a train platform.

Desperately trying to channel the 'ice man' himself Wim Hof and convince my body that I was not in fact shaking with cold, I could only stand there while my mother - quite rightly - berated me for thinking a cotton shirt dress and cropped biker jacket was suitable attire for an evening out in the north of England in March.

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In my defence, we were going to watch Cirque du Soleil not going to the footie. And, anyway, the sun was shining when I left the house...

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I really should have known better but, after what has felt like a very long, very wet ld etter t A chilly platform the place winter, I can't be the only one desperate erate pretty dress, Dancing to throw off the layers and embrace lighter brighter summer looks, though.

I have been discussing and dissecting the new season trends since September, when we first saw them paraded by designers on the Fashion Month runways, and already high street stores are discounting some of their spring stock.

This week my email inbox has been awash with images of models frolicking on sunny beaches in gauzy...

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