When it's not quite summer...

... yet you want to wear Summer clothes as that's what the shops are full of and despite most of us having lived in the UK forever, we are still insistent that it should be SUMMER come May. 

Why do we do that?  Surely we can count on one hand the amount of glorious Mays we have had over the years?  At the very least it's a super mixed bag isn't it?

So when Marks and Spencer suggested that for this month's collaboration with them, I look at Summer clothes, I'm looking at it from my definition of Summer.  Summer in the UK that is - at this time of year when it *should* be glorious (despite history telling us otherwise - details schmetails eh?!) - basically not.  It's not quite warm enough to wear full on sandals, or summer dresses, or to leave your jacket at home (I can't do the Phil Collins joke again this year.  Once a Spring is enough).

But the best thing about these sorts of clothes is that in reality, you're going to be getting a lot more use out of them.  We're talking mix and match, we're talking dress up, dress down, I don't particularly like the term "practical" as I find it vaguely reminiscent of something cagoule related, but these are actually a practical set of clothes to wear in the UK version of Summer.  Which is essentially Spring.  With a couple of days of "Summer" thrown in to fox us (and where we all drag out those super Summery dresses that are usually reserved for a beach and 32 degrees somewhere we've had to travel by plane to).

However I have found some gems that you will be wearing all year.  "Proper" Summer clothes I like to call them.

And what do I love in my version of summer?  Am I all about the colour?  Am I heck as like.  Give me all the monochrome.   And I have stocked up with some complete gems. 

Starting with my one of my two favourites.  These are amazing.  They are a complete steal and I am tempted to buy two pairs as I know I will be wearing these into the Winter months.  They also go perfectly with my loafers which I was having a crisis about what to wear with them.  

Kick Flare Cropped Trousers £29.50 I took my usual size.

From black to white.   Not so keepn to venture down the more fitted white route, so imagine my joy (I would like to say that I didn't actually whoop, but I did actually whoop) when I found these wide leg cropped trousers.  I have lived in my black ones and I have navy (also from M&S actually) last year, so these were a total no brainer.  I've just realised that I had also randomly tried them on before but for some reason, they look completely different when I styled them with different shoes and a more casual top...  I've gone from a no to a yes.  I also said size up in them last time.  Well, I obviously picked up a bigger version as they were perfect.  Random.  Randomly good though. 

Button Detail Wide Leg Trousers £35 In the end I went with a 10, although I guess I would prefer an 11....






Alternatively, you can dress them up... as you can see I've thrown all the colour at it (i.e. some yellow shoes...).

With the navy top... this is a 10 and I would say is adequate in sizing, if not on the large side.  Actually it is on the large side.