We love the way Karen Millen mix delicate froth with sculptural tailoring. It's the best of personality dressing. You can be a major deity with a hard edge or tough with a soft centre! Organza and chiffon are mixed up here in a relaxed jumble of colour and texture to adorn cardigans and skirts. With just one piece, you can downplay formality or dress up a casual look.

Go Goddess Go... 

It's ‘sheer' fun at Karen Millen with this season's desirable key piece -  a transparent organza blouse which works as a gorgeous way to add a flighty touch either to a trim pencil skirt or to sleek and sexy high-waisted jeans. It's so versatile that wily customers are buying two at a time.  The not-so-demure blouse comes either in a subtle monochrome version with pretty broderie anglaise detailing or in an exuberant coral.

They call the evening wear collection ‘sleek goddess dressing'. The good news is that you don't have to have the physique of Uma Thurman to carry off the drama of satin frills edging an asymmetric top and ornate flowers climbing the halter-neck of a slinky black satin mini-dress with ruffled hem. Karen Millen pieces are cut so beautifully. That's what you have to tell yourself: a dress of such quality is a true investment.

When does ‘Safari chic' not feature on a spring/summer catwalk? But it's not a cliché at Karen Millen, where it gets a luxurious twist. We love the easy-to-wear ‘Out of Africa' oyster shirt dress with roomy patch pockets. It has summer fun written all over it. Zany tie-dye and zig-zags are notoriously hard to carry off, but they're truly covetable in the subtle fine-knit wrap cardigan and monochrome poncho pictured here.

The must-have item? It's got to be a fringed stone suede jacket which is certain to become a cult look among KM's loyal following.

Store manager Petra Skarova recommends her favourite items:

We have a fabulous bright yellow bag with tan piping which matches our top-selling yellow double-breasted mac-style fitted coat, which is currently in the window. It's a lovely bright look. We also have some gorgeous eveningwear in a collection called ‘Roman Holiday' - and the name speaks for itself! It's Audrey Hepburn classics, just fabulous.

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