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Soft Romantic style
Soft fabrics, florals, lace and flowing shapes, from delicate and feminine to earthy and bohemian, chosen for ease and charm.
Soft fabrics, florals, lace and flowing shapes, from delicate and feminine to earthy and bohemian, chosen for ease and charm.
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Soft Romantic is about softness you can see: fabrics that move, florals and lace, ruffles and puff sleeves, knits you want to touch. It has two moods. One is delicate and feminine (a floral tea dress, a lace-trimmed blouse, ballet flats). The other is earthy and bohemian (a peasant blouse, a tiered prairie skirt, suede and crochet, boots).
It works best when one soft piece meets something plainer. A lace blouse with straight jeans, or a floral dress with a chunky cardigan, keeps it from reading as a costume. For men, the same idea shows up as soft knits, open collars, fluid trousers and muted pastels or earth tones.
Signature pieces: soft knit cardigan, shawl-collar or rib-knit, relaxed open-collar shirt in linen or crepe, or a subtle floral, embroidered shirt, fluid wide-cut trousers in cream or stone, unstructured soft-shouldered jacket, long unstructured coat, fine knits in muted pastels or earth tones, suede loafers or soft suede boots.
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Signature pieces: flowing floral midi or maxi dress, lace-trimmed or ruffled blouse in white or cream, peasant blouse or embroidered smock top, tiered or prairie skirt, puff-sleeve top or dress, crochet top or soft baggy cardigan, suede or fringe jacket in tan, rust or brown, cowboy boots, suede knee boots, clogs or ballet flats.
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Womenswear has two solid strands. For the bohemian side, Wikipedia's boho-chic entry lists peasant skirts, embroidered smock tops, tea and crochet dresses, baggy cardigans, suede and lace, and its Bohemian style entry traces the loose, peasant look back through Biba and Laura Ashley. The prairie dress and cottagecore entries cover tiers, ruffles, lace trim, puff sleeves and florals. Stylist ties the current revival to Chloé and Isabel Marant and pairs white blouses with cowboy boots and suede jackets, and The Zoe Report covers the delicate side: lace, bows, puff sleeves and ruffled blouses, softened with denim.
Menswear is clearly weaker and trend-led. It rests on recent runway commentary from Esquire India, Wanted and FashionUnited (unstructured tailoring, fluid trousers, soft knits, pale colours). Put This On backs only the knitwear: drapey shawl cardigans and soft rib knits in dusty, faded colours. I kept the men's pieces to the wearable end, and the suede shoes are my choice rather than a sourced one.
The other styles: Polished Classic · Easy Casual · Rugged/Workwear · Minimal Modern · Expressive
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