Summer Styling Tips Straight From FOXTEL’s Hotel Portofino

The new British drama that will make you fall in love with Roaring 20s fashion.

Forget about the Y2K renaissance and live life like every day is a lavish European holiday thanks to Hotel Portofino, a six-part period drama premiering with a double episode on Tuesday, 8th February at 8:30pm AEDT, available to stream On Demand on FOXTEL.

Set in the roaring 1920s on the magical Italian Riviera, Hotel Portofino is the perfect series to binge if you’re looking for an escape from reality, as well as a great go-to for summer style inspiration.

The series follows the daughter of a wealthy industrialist, Bella Ainsworth played by Natascha McElhone (Californication), who moved to Italy with her charming but dangerous husband, played by Mark Umbers (Home Fires), to set up a quintessentially British hotel in the breathtaking coastal town of Portofino.

Guests of the hotel range from high society, aristocrats, gentry and the upper middle class, including Australia’s own rising star Claude Scott-Mitchell (The Dry) as Rose Drummond-Ward, and Anna Chancellor (Four Weddings and a Funeral) who plays the hotel’s most influential but hard-to-please guest, Lady Latchmere.

Every stay brings a new mystery, and as you can imagine, every character has an incredibly impressive wardrobe that is equally intriguing. From elaborate summer accessories to English tea dresses and all the linen you could imagine, here’s how to bring a little Hotel Portofino into your style.

By the sea

Whether you opt for a high-waisted bikini or belted one-piece, the true heroes of your beachside outfit will always be your accessories, so forget low-key and go all out with silk scarves, coloured sunglasses, straw handbags and big hats.

Tea time

Refresh your summer wardrobe with English tea dresses detailed with lace, puff sleeves and frills, and finish with delicate jewels and a straw hat for that luxury Hotel Portofino feel.

Dapper gents

For the fellas, crisp linen shirts and trousers teamed with the accessories true gentlemen would wear, like waistcoats, braces and fedora hats, will give your style a touch of Italian summer charm.