How to make your hand-luggage wardrobe work for every holiday occasion this summer

If you're heading abroad on a budget this summer, you've no doubt been faced with the age-old conundrums that come associated with such an escapade.

Two pairs of new flat sandals or a flat and heel? Cossies or bikinis? Hold luggage each or one to share? Or, for the very bravest amongst us, hold luggage or (whispers it) hand luggage? The latter of which becomes a lot more appealing when you tot up the number of frozen margaritas you can buy with the money you'd save avoiding those extortionate luggage charges.

But is it actually possible to survive a week's - or even two weeks' - holiday with a mere hand-luggage portion of clothing?

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The good news is that it is. The bad news? You'll need a LOT of imagination.

It's time to make your wardrobe work just as hard as you did paying for this hol... and if you're not wearing your swimming costume at 1am sipping cocktails in a fancy bar then it's not working hard enough.

Take the humble white shirt, for example. Great, obviously, tucked into a chic pair of shorts or troos of an evening, but why not throw it over your swimwear and tie it at the front for a trip to the beach the next morning?

Or how about opting for a sandal with a very small, block heel that would be just as at home strolling to the pool as they would tripping over your pals during a slightly-heavier-than-planned night on the tiles?

And with the rise of mid-length hems in fancier situations, there's no need for different summer dresses this season. Get a pretty, patterned midi that would look just as good thrown over your bikini as it would with a heel and jewellery at night.

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