How To Do ALL WHITE Summer LOOKS: 8 Must-Have Pieces

What may sound like the stupidest question ever – how to rock all white summer looks? – (uh… here’s a thought: just wear white clothes), is actually not so idiotic. All white summer looks tend to be very pretentious, hence me never wearing them contrary to my preaching. Or they’ve got this nurse vibe to them. Thank you, but I’ll pass.

So, figuring out HOW to pull off all white summer looks, and be sophisticated can mean a few sartorial headaches.

A white dress – that I can work with, that is the ONLY white outfit I can do and feel pretty in. Of course, by the end of the day I’d probably have on it reminders of all the meals I’ve had, the coffees I sipped, the makeup I wore and so on.

Then come the white items I LOVE to wear and pair with usually denim for a cool summer’s look, or something black for a minimal chic style. Those too, I can master perfectly. Well, at least that’s what I like to tell myself.

But when it comes to dressing in all-white with the help of something other than a dress – I AM DEAD SCARED. I literally feel more wrapped in white than a mummy on her way to some tomb-Ancient-Egypt party.

And then I spend hours, buried under piles of clothes, crying my heart out cause I’ve literally got nothing to wear. And to top it off, I browse bloggers’ white outfits and wonder ‘How the hell do they do it?’

Ha, good thing I asked, cause actually I dare say the key, my friends lies in the fabrics. The quality of the fabrics. DING! DING! DING! When it comes to white you can’t fake it until you make it. You have to wear perfect textures and combine only great quality white materials, whether it’s lace, or silk, or denim, or even chiffon, or mesh… the fabric has to have style. It can be rough like denim or soft like leather or silk, but it has to look expensive.

TIP: white clothes look more expensive paired with gold jewellery.

When it comes to the million shades of white, when pairing 2 or more white items in an outfit, make sure they’re quite similar in colour. Ivory white and cream white together tend to make the second one look more dirty, used, and over-worn.

Knowing all this, and tracing all these rules for myself and you as well, should you need them, which I’m sure you don’t, STILL doesn’t cut it for me. Truth is my brain is refusing to work right lately, and I prefer to daydream and play with my unicorns rather than… basically think.

Luckily I did not give up, so I’ve come up with a list of 8 WHITE PIECES we need in order to pull off an all-white summer style.

1. WHITE JEANS. Pair them with a flirty, silky, or chiffon top. Off the shoulders, or spaghetti strap camis look fantastic. TIP: break the outfit with a bit of skin, but wearing slightly cropped tops. Any shoes work, depending on the style you’re going for.

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2. WHITE DRESSES. Nothing more to say here, from white maxis, to short lace white dresses, to leather, to chiffon, to shirt dresses, the sky’s the limit.

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3. WHITE SHIRTS. Fantastic! I love those silky sheer long ones paired with skinny white pants, or white mini shorts or dresses. Stilettos look fantastic with these.

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4. MIDI WHITE SKIRTS. Mesh styles are to die for. Pencil white skirts with white shirts, tees, or cropped white tops are amazing.

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5. WHITE TEE OR WHITE CAMI. The #1 piece to have in summer. Period.

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6. LOOSE WHITE PANTS OR WHITE JUMPSUITS. Rich looking sophisticated woman who’s always so put together yet effortless. I ADORE these styles.

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7. SHEER WHITES. Summer and sheer go together, whether it’s sheer oversized tees and shirts, or just skirts and dresses. If it’s white and sheer buy it and rock it, that’s all I have to say.

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8. WHITE SWIMSUITS. Seriously? Nothing is more summer’s, and chic, and cool, and expensive looking, and flattering, and the list goes on – than a white one-piece swimsuit. Two piece swimsuits work too, but the one-piece is by far hotter.

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I will hopefully get my brain to work better these days, and also man-up and do the bright white summer look, because it just looks too damn good to sit this one out. I will of course still be a walking food & drinks menu slash mummy bandaged for a party kinda-gal, buuuuut, you know what they say, it takes practice to perfect.

And now, ladies it’s your turn to spill your secrets: how do you do it? What is your secret to a flawless all-white style?

xoxo