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Limedrop Calypsos For Summer

Limedrop's Goes Gatsby

By Kat George, 18 August 2011

Melbourne darlings Clea and Nathan are bringing the feeling of resort to Limedrop for their SS11-12 collection, the aptly entitled, 'Calypso'. The collection features Limedrop's signature pieces including flowing dresses for women and tailored blazer for men, and they've given their transeasonal vibrancy a glamourous twist with dashes of sparkling gold. This is what a modern Gatsby would look like at cocktail hour at one of Melbourne's many rooftop bars.

A tropical fruit punch, a whimsical, balmy evening, a fluttering of eyelashes and summer love. These are the things that Limedrop's Calypso speaks to, creating a romantic notion of long, Indian summers when nothing but the glitter of magic fills the twilight hours. Digital prints soften to florals for boys and girls, and gossamer light fabrics float flirtily around the hips and ankles for the modern noir belle. The roaring 20s morphs to poolside Hollywood to summer in the Hampton's to the modern, urban jungle with sartorial ease.

With a fruit-platter of colours including melon, tangerine and lemon, soft feminine silhouettes play easy bedfellows with gentle masculine tailoring. Could you envisage a cuter, more stylish shimmer couple than the Limedrop pair? Silk, cotton and linen blends merge with texture jacquards for a luxuriousness that seams foreign to Limedrop's casual aesthetic, and yet, luxury pervades easily. So match your cocktail to your man, and your dress to his blazer this summer; indulge in a simple decadence while you sip drinks in the buzz of Melbourne evenings, and fall in love with Limedrop, your city, and a special someone.