Dig out your off-the-shoulder peasant blouse: boho chic is back | Jess Cartner-Morely on fashion
How do we indulge a weakness for embroidered blouses and patchwork without looking cheesy? First, keep it modern
Boho chic, the summer uniform of the early 2000s, is back. Hello again, off-the-shoulder blouses andΒ ruffled skirts. StrawΒ baskets, vintage slip dresses andΒ artisanal quilted jackets: we missed you.
Boho chic is fashionβs favourite guilty pleasure. Summer rolls around, and women who have spent the year toΒ date in crisp shirting and understated neutral tailoring go weak at the knees at the first hint of an embroidered blouse with pom poms on the drawstring. You only have to say the word βfestivalβ to a British woman and sheβll be head to toe in paisley with a faded denim waistcoat, an armful of bead bracelets and a starsign necklace. The first jangle of a coin belt is like the first notes of the ice-cream van song: a nostalgia trip into half-remembered, hazy summers of the past.
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