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Sheer brilliance • The naked dress, once the attention-grabbing stuff of red carpets, has taken over catwalks and trickled down to the everyday. Camille Charrière reveals how she became a poster woman for the look

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POWER PASTELS • SUGARY SHADES ARE TOUGHENING UP FOR SPRING. SEE ACNE STUDIOS, WHICH SHOWED THE ALLURE OF A SUBDUED PALETTE COUPLED WITH BOLD ACCESSORIES. ALAÏA MADE A CASE FOR DRAMATIC, BUTTERY YELLOW HOODED JUMPSUITS, WHILE CHET LO’S SIGNATURE SPIKY BAGS WERE RENDERED IN BLUSH AND LILAC. APPROACH THE SORBET TREND WITH CUT-OUTS AND CONFIDENCE

In conversation: Dominique Fishback • Donald Glover selected her for his new show, and this summer she leads the latest ‘Transformers’ film. ELLE meets an actor taking control of her destiny

Ring the changes • When it comes to the way we wear jewellery, Louis Vuitton’s Francesca Amfitheatrof says women are rewriting the rules

IN YOUR EXHIBITIONIST ERA • WHAT ARE THE MAJOR SHOWS OF THE SEASON? AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT WILL WE BE WEARING TO THEM?

Introducing: OpéraSport • With roots in both Copenhagen and Paris, this seasonless brand is setting the industry alight

Basic instinct • Normcore, the hipster anti-style, has staged a comeback for spring. But, this time, it’s all grown up

ANIMAL MAGNETISM • Minimalists look away. This season, the streets are loud, proud and on the prowl as leopard, cheetah and zebra prints take over the pavements – but this time, they’ve arrived in a new, grown-up iteration, worn with tonal neutrals, soft suiting and double denim to keep it more runway than roar.

POWER PLAY • MAYBE IT’S THE RETURN OF SUCCESSION AND OUR FAVOURITE EXECUTIVE SARAH SNOOK, OR PERHAPS IT’S THAT TAILORING IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES DOMINATED THE SPRING CATWALKS AT EUDON CHOI, STELLA McCARTNEY, REJINA PYO AND SS DALEY – BUT SUDDENLY, WE’RE ALL LONGING TO PULL ON A STRUCTURED SUIT AND LEAN IN TO SOFTER SHADES AND LOUNGEY SHAPES

READY FOR ANYTHING • THIS MONTH, WE’RE MAKING MOVES – AND NOTHING IS HOLDING US BACK. FROM ALL-WEATHER DRESSING THAT WILL HAVE YOU LAUGHING IN THE FACE OF APRIL SHOWERS TO GO-FASTER GEAR FOR WOMEN ON A MISSION, WITH THE RIGHT ATTITUDE– AND THE RIGHT WARDROBE – THE SKY’S THE LIMIT

POWER MOVES • REV UP YOUR SPRING WITH STANDOUT SEPARATES IN A MONOCHROME PALETTE, STYLED WITH STATEMENT ACCESSORIES THAT MOTIVATE YOU TO GET UP AND GO

MAKE IT RAIN • THE WETTER, THE BETTER. PREPARE TO SPLASH AROUND IN THE MOST COVETED TRENCH COATS, GET READY FOR DOWNPOURS IN PUDDLE-WORTHY LUXE BOOTS AND SOAK UP THE COMPLIMENTS

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Hothouse heels • Buy yourself some flowers this spring, in the show-stopping shape of Loewe’s hyper-real anthurium shoe… As beautiful as any bouquet

WORK? LIFE? BALANCE! • YES, EVEN DAY-TO-NIGHT DRESSING HAS UNDERGONE A POST-PANDEMIC UPGRADE WITH STANDOUT SILHOUETTES AND HUES

THROWING SHAPES • DITCH THE DAINTY AND EMBRACE THE BOLD WITH OUT-THERE, GEOMETRIC JEWELLERY

Forever young • The Tod’s SS23 collection has everything you’d expect from the storied Italian house (the softest leather, handmade details and high quality and craftsmanship). But there’s also the temptingly new, such as the Bubble Ballerina, reimagined with an outsized pebble sole in contrasting colours, or the Di bag, updated for the first time with woven-together production...