Six looks we love from the Cos Spring/Summer collection

Though winter is fast approaching, this is the time when fashion previews of spring and summer are in progress, with many such collections "landing" in shops immediately after Christmas. This week Cos displayed the new season's shapes and colours in Dublin in a collection inspired by the qualities of paper.

Most attention centred on an unusual lightweight papery-thin green fabric used in a simple coat, a pleated skirt and a vest top – adapted from a material used industrially.

New shapes and proportions were evident in the sporty two pieces in the finest wool melange and in the reimagined sizes of the shirt dress – in this case ankle-length, begging the question of to what lengths will you go in summer?

As always in Cos, cutting and colour are paramount, with experimental touches in folding and draping and subtle shades of mint, brick, yellow ochre and powder blue with bleached-out white accessories – knitted sneakers, leather slip-ons, square-toed sandals, shoppers and rectangular leather bags. And of course, many new variations on white shirts, some with voluminous sleeves and others in sheer fabrics.