We've seen the sheer trend come in all its hazy, delicate glory for summer but Ann Sofie Back's interpretation takes it to the monasteries in the north with austere, sheer shapes. Gone are the soft, pretty-pretty, floating dresses: in are the clean stripes of the shirt and a pure white skirt inspired by Back's curiosity over Scandinavian religion, conformity and stripping away identity. The neck is high, the hem is long and the clothes are crisp with just the shape of a frosted body beneath winking to a subtle kind of sexiness.

Alongside these holy aesthetics, the large folds and creases in the shirt were designed to look like freshly pressed tablecloths. Laying the table and God are two curious starting points that make for a look that we're twitching to pull on for summer, a fresh alternative to the cut offs and tank tops that prevail every year. And there in the the midst of Back's chiffons are the Rocha shoes. Counterbalancing the seriousness of the skirt and top, these shoes are the wild streak, the shoes to be worn to late night discos shuffling across lit up dance floors. Divine inspiration and disco - a winning combination.

If summer or even spring for that matter did decide to show up in good Old Blighty, this is what we'd be wearing. A Marc by Marc Jacob's top, Miu Miu skirt, Marni sandals and Cutler and Gross glasses.

So in its absence we'll console ourselves with nostalgic notions of summertime - the hazy light, pastel coloured Victorian terraces in the sun, the heat hitting the back of your neck, seeing the world through a tinted lens, and looking like Jeremy Iron's Lolita minus the train tack braces and creepy step father of course.

To set the scene, the flippy lace Miu Miu skirt together with the Marc by Marc Jacobs slogan t-shirt brings about a sense of play - apt offerings from two houses that create youthful collections with a tongue in cheek sense of humour. It's only fitting then that these two pieces are paired with school girl ankle socks from Burlington and Marni sandals. Dressing for summer is all about experimentation an having fun (plus exposing some flesh along the way). Now if it would just hurry up and arrive.

You could be forgiven for thinking that for this shiny-happy dress covered in spring blooms, Christopher Kane immersed himself in the greenery of botanical gardens and could be found digging around in flower beds. But not Kane. He pulled inspiration for the season from the most unlikely of places - dilapidated bedrooms and the girls who used to rule the school.

Kane stumbled upon images of well 'ard girls lounging in their bedrooms, the wallpaper peeling from the walls. Out of what could have been a bleak picture of council estate life, the designer conjured his metallic floral number. It's not the first time a more sinister edge has bubbled under the pretty surface of collections. For SS10 religious cultism and the Jonestown mass suicides in Guyana in 1978 formed the starting point for gingham slitted skirts and tailored waistcoats. A reminder that the very best of designers are able to spin beauty out of anything.

The eyewear, by Cutler and Gross plays on the theme of youth, much like Kane's initial inspiration. You could imagine the popular girl leaning on the school gates popping her bubble gum, resplendent in her pink frames. The next pair on and she's grown up slightly with a classic shape in pale purple. The last, with their thick rimmed round frames, nod to sixties girls testing out their new found freedom and rising hemlines, trailing rock stars around. Spring time, the teenager, lost youth and nostalgia are all bound in a tight knot, woven into the dress and hidden behind the tinted lenses. Roll on endless summer.