Fashion’s attention span is, shall we say, small, and so before the tide turns from summer’s cord necklaces and jelly ballerinas to autumn ’s back-to-school essentials, we must bask on the shores of frivolous holiday style a little longer. A key proponent of the carefree vacation wardrobe is Alexa Chung , who has been sunning herself on a yacht circumnavigating the Aegean coast (read: shoring up around Hydra, where half of the industry is right now). While Alexa allowed herself to pack a few fanciful pieces – a sweet crochet two-piece here, a printed headscarf there – the bulk of her Rimowa comprised classic Chung wardrobe signifiers she wears all-year round (yes, she proves, you really do need an oatmeal cable-knit, crew-neck jumper at sea.
) While Palace dad caps became instant bedfellows with tomato-red bikinis and silk bananas souped up her cosy knits, Chung never looks like a summer trend cliché, because she scatters the key seasonal pieces she cherry picks into her looks sparingly. You won’t see her wearing a rara skirt with The Row’s now-cult £630 flip-flops and a sports jersey because that’s not her style. As far as we can tell, Alexa’s new cord pendant – a tiny silver vessel she fills with yellow flowers – didn’t even make it to Greece.
What is certain is that we’ll see Chung wearing those biscuit-coloured basics on homeshores, when her freckles have faded but her knack for teaming classics with It-buys remains the same. “Sit out a trend.