H&M and Desmond & Dempsey's collab is perfect for the lockdown

Completely coincidentally, H&M's new designer collaboration is just perfect for this weird combination of the lockdown and the best weather ever.

The high-street fashion brand has teamed up with the London-based Desmond & Dempsey, which specialises in luxury PJs, for their first ever women’s daywear collection. A

Launching today, the collaboration features D&D's signature prints, which have been inspired by founders Molly Goddard and Joel Jeffery’s birthplace of Australia.

SHOP THE COLLECTION HERE

They feature on easy silhouettes and lightweight natural fabrics, including floaty dresses, kaftans and a casual matching shirt and shorts two piece. In other words, the most uplifting WFH attire you could ask for.

Palms and botanical elements feature heavily in a comforting colour palette of saffron yellow, dusty pink, azure blue, forest green and soft beige.

'We are thrilled to be launching our collaboration with H&M. It is our first time venturing outside the bedroom, so we are excited to see our prints "in the wild". We have loved working with the H&M team and have been blown away how intimate and collaborative the whole process was. We can’t wait to bring our world of languid luxury to H&M and D&D customers around the world. We hope it brings colour, joy and a sense of ease for everyone right now,' says Molly.

We can't wait to wear the collection post lockdown too.

Penny Goldstone

Penny Goldstone is the Digital Fashion Editor at Marie Claire, covering everything from catwalk trends to royal fashion and the latest high street and Instagram must-haves.

Penny grew up in France and studied languages and law at the Sorbonne Nouvelle University in Paris before moving to the UK for her MA in multimedia journalism at Bournemouth University. She moved to the UK permanently and has never looked back (though she does go back regularly to stock up on cheese and wine).

Although she's always loved fashion - she used to create scrapbooks of her favourite trends and looks, including Sienna Miller and Kate Moss' boho phase - her first job was at MoneySavingExpert.com, sourcing the best deals for everything from restaurants to designer sales.

However she quit after two years to follow her true passion, fashion journalism, and after many years of internships and freelance stints at magazines including Red, Cosmopolitan, Stylist and Good Housekeeping, landed her dream job as the Digital Fashion Editor at Marie Claire UK.

Her favourite part of the job is discovering new brands and meeting designers, and travelling the world to attend events and fashion shows. Seeing her first Chanel runway IRL at Paris Fashion Week was a true pinch-me moment.