PFW: Celine Spring Summer 2012

Phoebe Philo's preference for reduced, no frills fashion, proved another hit for her Spring Summer 2012 Celine collection. Strip away embellishment, prints, appliques and unnecessary distractions and you are left with very beautiful clothes.

This time the London-based designer chose to accentuate volume, silhouette and shape: last season's linear trousers came more fluid and roomy. Billowing sleeves and sculpted shoulders found their way on jackets and were accentuated with wide, minimal belts on waists and kept the look lean. Peplum fluted along the waist added to trousers, just as Watteau backs of blouses.

Leather t-shirts came in A-line shapes and as for the accessories, they were spartan as ever, though this time round it was the envelope bag and plaform shoes with belt buckle that will be on next season's wish-list.