The NEW PARTY LINE

What does a dress code sound like?

Corporate wear might be stiff and swift, the steady, repetitive swipe of trouser legs walking with purpose. Or for a smart-casual catch-up, the whisper of cotton T-shirting and the soft, slinking pad of sneakers. Surely a beach date wouldn’t be complete without the smack of a flip-flop?

For the new season, the sound is a clatter of beads flung around on the dance floor, the domino-like micro claps of oversized gold sequins as they serpent over a body in motion or the deep