This is the time to turn to the cool, moisture-wicking embrace of cotton, linen and silk (or some blend of these), which are infinitely more breathable than their synthetic counterparts. A style set member who understands this better than anyone is Poppy Sexton-Wainwright, founder of the ultimate effortless London cool-girl label, Asceno. “When the temperature rises, gravitate towards light silks, crisp linens and airy silk-cottons in a palette of white and black coupled with pops of colours in earth tones of dust red, green and browns,” she says. “Fluid, unstructured silhouettes in breathable fabrics bring an effortless sense of ease.”
