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86 BAL HARBOUR "I felt a strong bond with the UNIVERSE and with NATURE That is why for Spring/Summer, everything had to be in bloom." —Veronica Etro sense of her connection with all living things. "That is why for Spring/Summer, everything had to be in bloom." The season, with its postponed UWPUGVUWPCDCUJGFPCVWTGCPFƃKEMGTKPI possibility also called to mind another TGCYCMGPKPIJGTVKOGCUCUVWFGPV at Central Saint Martins in the 1990s. "London was full of energy," she says, especially if you made your way to the licentious nouveau hippie club, Whirl-Y- Gig. The world music den has survived for 41 years with a come-one-come-all ethos and is "a total bubble of positivity and a melting pot of creativity." Though the WPQHƂEKCNFTGUUEQFGKP'VTQoUVGPWTGYCU CNCKFDCEMVUJKTVCPFLGCPUQPEGKPUKFG she remembers the all-ages revelers were "bathed in a rainbow of rippling lights." 'VTQoUTGKOCIKPKPIQHVJCVOQOGPV is naturally delivered in a full-spectrum range. There are chromatic crochet VQRUƃQQTNGPIVJHTKPIGFUVCVGOGPVU CPFHGCVJGTYGKIJVRCVEJYQTMEWVQWV dresses deliciously twisted in chiffon. The ease and functionality of the Whirl-Y-Gig uniform is embodied in brightly patched denim and allover printed leggings paired with sheer shirt dresses in matching EQNQTU$WVVJGUGNQQMUCTGFGUKIPGFVQDG VCMGPHCTQWVQHVJGENWD 'VTQKOCIKPGUVJGODGKPIYQTP From top: An Etro-clad army closed out the Spring/Summer show, the new Crown Me Flap bag, a silk suit from the collection beams like a ray of sunshine. rightfully "anywhere." The peripatetic designer has topped the most leisurely drawstring pants with free spirited layers including botanically printed cropped tees and glittering chainmail VQRU'NUGYJGTGCDGKIGDCPFEQNNCT UWKVKUVGCOGFYKVJCDTQP\GDKMKPKVQR CPFƃCVHQTOUCPFCNHQTCNQQMVJCVoU ready to transverse dress codes. In true wanderlust fashion, even the UVTKEVGUVUKNJQWGVVG QPGMPQEMQWV UKPINGDTGCUVGFUKNMUWKVKUFGRNQ[GF in a promising shade of sunshine. #PFVJGPVJGTGCTGVJGƃQYGTUQH every iteration, found in chinoiserie prints, swirling mandalas, explosive FCKUKGUVTQRKECNƂGNFUCPFUKPWQWUXKPGU VJCVOQTRJKPVQVJGDTCPFoUVTCFGOCTM paisley. The latest iteration has been VKVNGF.KSWKF2CKUNG[CPFƃQYUCETQUU VJGUWTHCEGUQHDWEMGVJCVUVTQWUGTU outerwear and the new Crown Me Flap bags. The structured leather shoulder bag with a brass metal studded strap comes dipped in a tattoo-inspired, CNNQXGTRTKPVKPEQVVQPECPF[RKPMQT verdant green, and is made for the person who wears their freedom on their sleeve. Any way you wear it, and CP[YJGTG[QWVCMGKVOWEJNKMGCV 9JKTN;)KI[QWoTGpHTGGVQRNC[CPF OCMGKV[QWTQYPq IMAGES COURTESY OF ETRO