Metropolis: Elegant and easy to wear

With a little imagination and innovation, new season shapes and colours can be worn comfortably and with style, writes Lisa Brady.

Top €59.95 Faith at Debenhams.

New season trends - they're for impossibly thin models and women under 25, right? Well, that's what the contents of many of the new collections appear to suggest. The crop top, the mini, oversize, pastels: it hardly makes for the most welcoming or easy-to-wear ensemble.

The good news is that you can pull off summer 2014 style even if you're over 30 and of healthy weight. Here's the lowdown on how to work ...