The Robyn Lynch lads have braved the Heathrow queues and boarded a Ryanair flight straight to Tenerife. After spending the last three seasons cleverly working with the deadstock of activewear giants Columbia and Rapha, the NEWGEN designer is back creating solo. As she usually begins her collections by raiding her dad’s old wardrobe, this season was mum’s turn, with Lynch becoming fixated on souvenir tee she had brought back from a girl’s holibobs to Mallorca in 1983. “I always focus on my dad so much for everything, so it’s nice to let my mum put her stories into the collection,” said Lynch.

It got the designer thinking about her own all-inclusive trips abroad as an early teen – when you’re at an age when you start making mates around the pool, spend all day doing jack all in the hotel games room, and if you’re lucky enough, can swipe a few Bacardi Breezers from your older siblings.

After remixing her mam’s beloved top into a jacquard knit created from fine Italian yarn, Lynch concocted her own souvenir keepsake: an “I Caught Crabs In Brighton” graphic tee, inspired by late-night eBay trawls through the naffest holiday tatt she could find. This playfulness also translates to semi-sheer short-shorts and trousers made of crinkly nylon, reminiscent of the sort of stuff they make beachballs from, as well as reversible, swollen hoodies, like the ones you’d chuck on after a day of causing havoc in the deep end – all in a sunkissed palette of yellow, orange and red.

Since her Fashion East debut, Lynch has proven to be a maestro of elevating everyday dress, best displayed here by towelling ponchos cut from two-toned bouclé, cargos sliced into three-quarter lengths, and “drunk” Aran cable knits, deconstructed to create wavy shirts, shorts and bucket hats. Think package holidays, just now with a wardrobe that packs a punch.

Photography courtesy of Robyn Lynch.

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