Dressing for the city can be challenging: there’s walking and soaring temperatures to contend with, as well as a need for versatility. You need an outfit that will look just as good doing the rounds at tourist hotspots as it will sipping on spritzes in a picturesque piazza. We’re taking our inspiration from these chic dressers who tick the boxes for excellent clothes and lust-worthy European locations. 

Main image: Massimo Dutti.

Author Coco Mellors pictured in Paris wearing linen crop-flared trousers by Reformation. Image: Instagram @cocomellors. 

Silvie linen trousers, €220; www.thereformation.com. 

Violette cropped appliqued broderie anglaise cotton blouse, Sea, €174; www.net-a-porter.com. 

Iridescent calfskin leather Glint messenger, Chanel, €2,500, at Siopa Ella.  

Blanca Miró Scrimieri takes in Seville after dark for the Dior couture show in a tiered white maxi-dress. 

Crinkle chiffon dot midi-dress, €440; eu.self-portrait.com. 

Antonia Mary Jane, €97; www.flabelus.com. 

Stylist Corina Gaffey dresses for a day out in Amsterdam wearing a print-heavy look finished with a pair of trusty Arizona Love sandals.

Quilted biker jacket, €310; www.daydress.co.uk.

Naima dress, €320; www.stinegoya.com. 

Trekky sandals, €125; www.zalando.ie. 

Stylist and wardrobe whisperer Sarah Corbett Winder dresses for a day in Mallorca in a breezy Meadows dress and Hereu leather sandals. 

Camellia dress, Meadows, €225, at Scout. 

Padded fisherman sandal, €390; www.hereustudio.com.