Summer In The City

Unlike most of my friends and colleagues, I'm staying in London this Summer and sadly not jetting off anywhere tropical. With beach and holiday style edits ubiquitous across fashion magazines and websites, I felt I needed to create some summer-in-the-city style inspiration. This Summer it's all about embracing a fusion of tropicalia and chic European city style.

1. In the office

1.  V-wrap back shell top, £34, Topshop

2. Wide leg ditsy print trousers, £17.99, New Look

3. Leather sandals, £420, Chloe

4. Trilogy leather shopper, £1340, Lanvin

5. Smoke and mirrors idiom bangle, £28, Kate Spade

2. Weekend brunch

1. Handmade acertate retro sunglasses, £35, ASOS

2. Strappy v-neck cami, £18, Topshop

3. A-line double crepe skirt, £278, Carven

4. Monogramme quilted leather shoulder bag, £1290, Saint Laurent

5. Sandals, £19.99, H&M

3. Evening cocktails

1. Cross back jumpsuit, £40, Topshop

2. Harlow clutch, £405, Michael Kors

3. Fancay tan sandals, £79, Dune

4. Cookies and cream nail polish, £9, Ciate

This Summer I'm focusing on bringing holiday style to my wardrobe and soaking up the sun in London. When the sun is out, who doesn't love a British Summer?

- A.T.

Hump Day Treat

I'm very excited to share this week's Hump Day Treat. My favourite museum in London will soon be showcasing an exciting new fashion exhibition - starting on 10 July and running through to 16 February 2014, the V&A museum will be host to 'Club to Catwalk: London Fashion in the 1980s'. It is described as tracing the "emerging theatricality in British fashion as the capital's vibrant and eclectic club scene influenced a new generation of designers," featuring designs by John Galliano and Betty Jackson.

I went to view the 'Ballgowns: British Glamour Since 1950' exhibition last summer and have been itching for the V&A to bring out another fashion exhibition that I can indulge in for a while now. Although I didn't live through 1980s fashion - and I'm not sure any exhibition the V&A open in the future can make me as excited as the ballgowns did -  I'm itching to learn more about fashion in that era and explore how fashion and the night club scene converged. It all seems so cool to me (I realise I may seem naive to those of you who lived through 80s fashion.. and hated it).

- A.T.