The Thousands

If summer hasn’t hit you around the bits where skin rubs on skin yet, you’ll be feeling it from now on. Girls, its muggy! Take off your layers and let loose the linens. But for those questioning how to add a bit of zhoozh to what will be a season of undeniably short, paired-back and minimal outfits, the way forward is to accessorise with fruity colour.

Gorman have got one of Australia’s best emerging designers under their cinch belt at the moment. Accessories designer Sara Bailes has returned from working as Karen Walker’s right-hand woman, creating the IT jewellery of the last four seasons – and her latest offerings as part of Gorman’s new team are simple and chic adornments for summer.

These hand made necklaces, cuffs and charms are playfully abstracted and the bold colour ways mean they work well with a strong coloured outfit or as stand-alone pieces on top of a beige sack-o-potatoes dress. Heck, wear it with a swimsuit. But if the weather keeps going this way, the only thing I’m going to be wearing is sunscreen and a bird necklace.