This summer’s trend for ‘sheer’ covers the spectrum from demure to outrageous and everywhere you look fashionistas are bearing all. From sheer and simple , to sheer and short, to sheer bling and sheer beauty, there is no escaping the sheer ‘veil’ dress. The eponymous veil, which used to cover the head, has dropped a few feet and, chameleon-like is reborn as the leg veil.
Sheer Dotty
Sheer Dotty: Kate Winslet In Stella McCartney's LBD with Sheer Sleeve with Polka Dots
Sheer Bling
Sheer Bling: Ellie Goulding in a Metallic Sheer Evening Gown
Sheer Genius
Sheer Genius: Julia Frauche in Porter Magazine's First Edition - Spring 2014
If your preference is as a spectator to this fashion and you feel it’s a veil too far for mere mortals, but you still crave a gossamer light touch this summer, then we have just the thing. Envelop yourself in a diaphanous oversized featherlight sheer shawl. Wispy, weightless and wonderful they are dip-dyed, measure 2.6 metres x 1metre and you can choose from four exquisite colour combinations.
Pick Sapphire to Indigo to add a dramatic accent to this season’s penchant for white.
Saphire to Indigo Sheer Cashmere Shawl
Flame to Tangerine, a summer favourite this year, will brighten black and white.
Flame Orange to Tangerine Sheer Cashmere Shawl
If you favour a subtle more mysterious look, then Blush to Cream or Violet to Latte will complement soft neutrals.
Blush to Cream Sheer Cashmere Shawl
Violet to Latte Sheer Cashmere Shawl
Whether you go the whole hog with a veil dress, opt for a half-way house with a sheer blouse or choose a sheer wrap it should be sheer this summer.
