How to Buy Spring/Summer Fashion Picks in the End of Season Sales

As the fashion industry welcomes in a new season, we are all still stuck in the depths of winter. We can dream and lust over new spring and summer fashions, but we all know it’ll be a few months before we can fully embrace them. This means now is the perfect time to snap up a bargain and make the most of those ‘end of season’ sales. If you buy a dress now, you’ll still get plenty of wear out of it before the summer comes and if you’re really savvy and pick wisely, you’ll even be able to wear it throughout the spring and even the up coming summer.

Warehouse currently has a great sale on its autumn/winter dresses UK. It boasts some outstanding discounts, such as over 40% off its double frill sleeve dress. But if you want to get the most out of the sales and the selection of dresses UK stores have on offer you need to know what the spring/summer trends are going to be. So here is a run down of the top summer fashions.

Hotel Tropicana
Clashing tropical prints, in bold, bright shades with touches of neon and colour blocking make this trend hard to master but fun to play around with. There is a certain early nineties feel about this look with crop tops, tropical print shirts, loose blazers, tailored shorts, high waisted trousers and Capri pants. In terms of dresses, bright, printed maxis or tunics work best in shades of turquoise, pink and blue. Warehouse’s scarf ornamental print dress (pictured) is currently on sale and the intense pattern will fit well into this new tropical trend.

Get sporty
Nineties street wear including running shorts, mesh and nylon sweaters, high-waisted tapered trousers, acid wash or coloured jeans, hoodies, t-shirts and tennis skirts will definitely put the heat into summer. Dress wise you need to keep it casual and effortless, but you can dress down more formal dresses with white pumps, a hoodie and denim jacket. The curve front vest dress from Warehouse is ideal. It has a racer back, which is a hot trend for the summer and being made from polyester it already has a sporty feel.

Pastel palette
Mint, lemon, strawberry and pistachio… these sound good enough to eat, but in fact they are the colour palettes for much of the season’s coolest trends. Ladylike colours matched with feminine cuts, soft and floaty fabrics and pretty-as-a-picture styling make this one of the easiest and most covetable trends of the summer. Warehouse’s nude embellished ballet layered dress is spot on thanks to its creamy colour, feminine shape and delicate sequin detailing.

If you want more summer fashion trends, check out Vogue’s spring/summer 2012 trend slideshow here.