Has anyone else been ready to pack away the coats and reunite with our favourite spring fashion pieces since January?

If you're anything like us, you may well have breathed a deep sigh of relief recently as you realised that winter – all 1,000 weeks of it – was finally over.

After spending two summers – the most recent of which blessed us UK residents with a whole four days of sunshine – in varying states of national lockdown, it's no exaggeration to say that we're all owed one hell of a good one this year. 

We may be only very tentatively excited in case new variants emerge and restrictions are reintroduced, but whether you're soaking up the sun during your first holiday in what feels like forever or you're socially distancing in your garden for the third year on the trot, if the SS22 fashion weeks are anything to go by this season looks set to be a scorcher.

Sure, sartorially speaking, winter wasn't so bad. With permission to socialise again, our post-lockdown wardrobes were met with a whole host of autumn/winter which proved a lot more tempting than our recent go-to tracksuit-clad uniform and made those occasional forays back into society all the more fun.

But let's be honest, there's little that beats a truly carefree summer wardrobe – and SS22's looks a whole lot more light-hearted, nostalgic and celebratory than we've seen for quite some time.

Ready to plan your spring fashion moments now that we've finally moved on from the longest winter on record?