Shopping Fix: Sail Into Spring’s Maritime Look With These Rope Pieces

A Breton top will forever be a no-brainer, but if you're looking for the nicest way to sail into spring's new maritime look, you'll need a length of rope. When Christopher Kane revisited the cord detailing he first explored as a student, it seemed like a niche reference purely of his own. But then further designers stepped forward and a trend was born.

There's JW Anderson's witty redux of a Riviera styling with skinny twine swinging jauntily from waistcoats, and Isabel Marant's thick plaits, which were used to cinch the waists of clean-cut jackets. Whether laced through espadrilles, woven through the sleeves of a tunic dress, snaking around sheer dresses (as seen on Daisy Lowe and Anne Hathaway) or even looped around your waist as a casual belt, this is the trend to get tied up in now.