Tailor-made for work or play, city shorts have easy chic sorted
A long-line blazer balances beautifully with flared linen shorts. Blazer, £199, jigsaw-online.com. Blouse, £315, lagencefashion.com. Shorts, £70, freepeople.co.uk. Ring, £75, missoma.com. Sandals, £36, next.co.uk
Neutral tones and a sleek waistcoat up the elegance. Blouse, £320, Frame, selfridges.com. Waistcoat, £300, frame-store.com. Shorts, £50, boden.co.uk. Bag, £315, maje.com. Ring, £30, pebblelondon.com. Sandals, £475, jimmychoo.com
For a relaxed take on city slick, team a sharp shirt with soft checks and stripes. Shirt, £89, jacket, £199, and shorts, £79, jigsaw-online.com. Sunglasses, £65, lespecs.com
For a more laidback, sporty look, add a mannish shirt and trainers. Blouse, £89, hobbs.co.uk. Shorts, £35.99, mango.com. Bangles, from £45 each, pebblelondon.com. Trainers, £90, gant.co.uk
Yes, denim can look smart – check out styles with slim-cut legs. Blouse, £49.99, mango.com. Shorts, £90, americanvintage-store.com. Sunglasses, £245, ferragamo.com. Ring, £75, missoma.com. Sandals, £55, jigsaw-online.com
Don’t want to flash too much thigh? Try a longer-length, wider-cut pair. Blouse, £69.95, and shorts, £69.95, massimodutti.com. Sunglasses, £235, gucci.com. Bag, £415, danselente.com. Rings, from £45 each, pandora.net. Sandals, £45, office.co.uk
Fashion Director: Shelly Vella
Photographs: Sune Czajkowski
Fashion assistant: Joanne Toolan
Make-up: Lica Fensome at Stella Creative Artists using Urban Decay
Hair: Choccy at One Represents using Bumble and Bumble
Model: Nadia Araujo at Select
Production and casting: Lucy Coghlan
The team stayed at Zafiro Palace Alcudia, Majorca, from £160 per night, zafirohotels.com. Read about it here.