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Sports and style can indeed coexist, according to fashionistas. Fashion shows, along with the presence of celebrities and influencers on Instagram, demonstrate that fashion is increasingly defying traditional boundaries. There are no fixed categories; fashion continuously invents fresh combinations, reimagining wardrobe staples through mix-and-match techniques. Summer invites exploration and creativity in all aspects, from accessory choices to outfit pairings. Ahead, we round up how classic sportswear can be paired with refined and stylish pieces that possess a timeless charm.

In the summer, comfort and lightness are key in both clothing and materials. Whether after a morning workout or enjoying breakfast at home, sports shorts are a stylish and cool option. They pair perfectly with t-shirts, tank tops, shirts, and blazers. Accessories, including shoes and jewellery, can make all the difference. Sporty coutfits strike the perfect balance, allowing us to maintain our style even as temperatures rise and our desire for comfort increases.

7 sporty outfits to wear in the city (and at the beach) this summer 2025

Sporty shorts, sneakers, and zippered sweatshirts define the sporty, sleek outfit. It succeeds through the pairing of these items with tailored cuts and meticulous details. Strive for balance by contrasting garments and accessories in equal proportions. This strategy is essential for creating a look that embodies both elegance and sportiness, perfect for a city date or an evening out with friends. Here are seven ideas to inspire your sporty outfit for spring and summer 2025.

1. Red Adidas shorts + light blue shirt and ballet flats

Our first suggestion is to pair red Adidas sports shorts with a classic light blue shirt. To soften the traditional vibe of the shirt, consider leaving a few buttons undone and wearing a white t-shirt underneath. For a stylish final touch, add a pair of black ballet flats.

Cosmic tip: Imagine the wonderful shifts the current changes are bringing into your life to begin celebrating them.

Creative expression helps you heal, Taurus. And you have some heavy duty emotional work to do. Instead of allowing it to swallow you whole, find ways to bring back fondness in your heart for the things you loved once, for your hobbies and even for some me-time. The emotional volcanoes you may be experiencing are only hinting at the lack of love you feel or have felt at some point in your life. And while little can be done to change the world, a lot is in your hands to help yourself feel loved – by you. Listen to your feelings, they are guiding you somewhere beautiful.

Cosmic tip: To let go of anger, you must let go of blame. Under the cosmic law, things are always as they are meant to be – either they come to nourish you or to help you grow.

A strict lineage, a rigid upbringing, a structured and constricting conditioning may have left you feeling like you need to work on yourself more, you need to refine yourself further and perhaps even that you are not cut out for the world, Gemini. However, this could not be further from the truth. Whatever you may have endured is not a reflection of who you are, it is a mirror that reflects what others around you have been through. So while it may not be easy, your angels remind you that you are meant to experience freedom and freewill, you are meant to live beyond the edge. Your empathy is a gift; however, it is also for you to extend it towards yourself as well. Draw a line in the sand to reclaim your power and hold softness in your heart for those who should have done differently by you, so that, ironically, you can finally let those strings go.

Cosmic tip: Release repressed anger to reclaim your health and happiness.

Focus on your love life, nothing else, Cancer. Now this love life reference is a technicolour blend of your closest relationships, even platonic ones; your relationship with yourself, your pets, your plants, your children; your dreams and goals and everything else that fits under the umbrella of what you love. Tenderness is your new trademark, so let it imprint everything that you touch or even think of. Your job is to continue with what you’ve begun, hand over the creative process to Source, and your Angels to see things to the finish line. You never fit in, because you were never meant to. While this could feel lonely, it is also an opportunity to call in your soul tribe and build your own community.

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Curiosity made him buy the Disco Party vinyl by Percy Faith eleven years ago at a flea market, but it was a fortuitous meeting with his now deceased friend Jeff Valla that changed his life. “He was a big record collector in New York and pursuing his PhD in Gurgaon,” the 30-year-old recalls. “We got talking because the friend I was with was wearing a Led Zeppelin T-shirt.” A reluctant law student at the time, Mittal was instantly captivated by Jeff’s shop talk. “He started speaking about records, and somehow, it was everything I ever wanted to do,” he smiles.

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Today, good friends share Spotify playlists, but back then, Jeff took Mittal record digging—an activity that involves fishing out an unexpected banger from a pile of records. Having grown up on a steady diet of Bollywood music, Mittal suddenly found himself completely immersed in jazz, psychedelic, funk, rock ‘n’ roll and disco. “Disco came into the world in the late ’70s, and I discovered that all the best-selling records were also pressed in India,” says the DJ and music archivist, attempting to pass on the knowledge bestowed upon him by his friend to me. “When you start focusing on ‘Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Aaja’ or any Bappi Lahiri song, you realise how electronically complex Indian music was and how futuristic they sounded.”

Makeup may not have the same kind of patent wars, but the cycle feels familiar. Something new gets invented, goes viral, gets duplicated, and becomes a category. Jelly textures—irresistible, playful, immediately Instagrammable—were inevitable.

In the end, everything is jelly. Our makeup, our brain after a long week. Might as well lean in. If you’re ready to dive face-first into the jelly multiverse, here’s where to start:

Milk Makeup Cooling Water Jelly Tint

An internet-breaking moment disguised as a blush stick. Milk’s Cooling Water Jelly Tints feel cool, wet and somehow alive against the skin, delivering sheer, juicy colour with a glide. The texture makes you want to keep swiping. Part sensory thrill, part nostalgia trip for anyone who ever loved a jelly sandal or a water balloon. In the world of textures that beg for a reapplication, this one fired the starting pistol.

M·A·C Glow Play Blush

Soft like memory foam, with just enough rebound to make you poke it again, even though you’re an adult with things to do. Glow Play bridges powder, cream and jelly without committing fully to any category; a true shapeshifter. Its hybrid texture delivers a diffused, second-skin flush that looks like your skin just got happier, not heavier.

Kay Beauty Jelly Lip & Cheek Wand

Fresh to the scene but already leaving fingerprints all over the trend. This one delivers a sheer, jelly-like tint to lips and cheeks with a popsicle-inspired applicator that feels playful but precise. Less a gloss, more a glaze and entirely engineered for the dewy skin agenda.

CHANEL LES BEIGES WATER-FRESH BLUSH

Tiny suspended pigment droplets swim in watery serum, bursting as you blend. Less traditional jelly, more liquid illusion, but it scratches the same itch for skin that looks moist, supple, almost breathing. Proof that in 2025, “good coverage” is less interesting than “good movement.”

Violette_FR Bisou Jelly

A French-girl favourite with a jelly balm formula that melts on contact. The tinted core adds just enough colour, while the clear jelly casing delivers hydration and gloss in equal measure. It’s a lip tint, but moodier.

ColourPop Cosmetics Jelly Much Shadow

Like dipping your finger into a pot of liquid stardust. This water-based, jelly-textured shadow delivers high-impact shimmer with a single swipe. No fallout, no flaking, just a smooth, cooling veil of colour that sets like a dream.

Sheglam Crystal Jelly Glaze Stick

A translucent glow stick that lends cheeks, eyes and lips the kind of wet-look sheen usually reserved for editorials. Balmy but breathable, it offers the high-gloss of a glass skin finish, minus the stickiness.

Huda Beauty Glowish Super Jelly Lip Balm

This one’s for the balm loyalists who secretly crave a little drama. Huda’s Glowish Super Jelly Lip Balm isn’t here to just sit pretty in your bag—it gives sheer colour, real hydration, and a mirror-gloss finish that leans more “glass skin” than “natural tint.” With a jelly-soft core and skin-loving ingredients, it straddles the line between skincare and statement. Think lip balm with a main character complex.

Simone Ashley may be only two Met Galas old, but she has carved out her niche already. Sensual, languid drapes and fabrics that feel light have been her red carpet regulars. And if you zero in on the overlaps, you’ll find body-defining clothing. After winning over audiences with Sex Education (2019-2023) and Bridgerton (2020-present), the actor has nurtured a growing connection with her fans both on and off screen. With this year’s theme being ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’, it remains to be seen if the actor swaps her bodycons for suits. While you wait, here’s a recollection of Simone Ashley’s Met Gala moments so far.

2022: Moschino

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For her Met debut, the actor stepped into the year’s theme of ‘Gilded Glamour’ wearing a custom Moschino ensemble by Jeremy Scott. Ashley wore a high-waisted fitted skirt with a black satin opera coat, left unbuttoned, paired with an embroidered gold cropped bustier. Inspired by her Bridgerton character, the designer said, “It’s completely Simone: it’s chic, it’s regal, and it’s got this kind of silhouette that you don’t find on the red carpet that often.” To add to the look, she opted for a diamond necklace, jewelled earrings, slicked-to-the-side hair, and bronzed makeup.

2024: Prabul Gurung

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