In her debut trend column for FQ Insider, Harriet Cowie breaks down the trends you’re about to see everywhere this summer… and why they’re worth noticing.

Well, this is exciting. FQ Insider is up and running and, with it, the inaugural trend column. In this monthly dispatch, I'll unpack fashion and design trends in ways that genuinely land in Aotearoa, pulling apart a few movements worth your time, offering a glimpse at what's coming and how that may show up in our stores, our wardrobes, and ultimately, our lives.

So, what makes me qualified to act as your trend translator? A bit of background: My fashion career began in the unpaid, press-clipping era of fashion PR interns. After university and a move to London, I studied Fashion Journalism at Central Saint Martins while working as an in-house writer at…