Separates are officially the new power players. The dress is dead, long live the long skirt
SS24’s take on maxis is less boho and more office-friendly – even denim iterations are styled with a neatly tucked shirt and smart mid-heel slingbacks. Phoebe Philo’s edit 2 (the latest drop of her namesake brand) features a maxi-length deep-plum tailored skirt. The skirt is stern and the hemline is about as far away from the viral Miu Miu mini as possible, while at Marni, Francesco Risso showed a sky-blue leather floor-grazing style.
Treat a tailored maxi in the same way as a suit and style with a matching blazer and plain T-shirt for an out-the-door-in-10-minutes look. A black maxi pencil skirt can be a blank canvas for any look. Try styling with a simple vest or heavyweight T-shirt (Arket’s are great) and pair with a loafer and leather jacket or an oversized stripe shirt (ring the changes from blue with Whistles’ taupe and black style, £79). Alternatively, adopt a sleek modernist look by teaming with a black rollneck and leather belt.
