Sock, yes, African men can be so well dressed. I don't know how PC it is, but I tend to consider them the last true dandies. There's quite a large community of them in Paris, I remember there was a good documentary on it ages ago. Think the title was vaguely Oscar Wilde inspired, will have to look it up.
peony, I'm not sure on the trouser lengths, as I'm rather short 
but if it is an issue Max Mara sell their trousers unfinished and then hem to length upon purchase (for free and usually extra alterations as well) and they're always endlessly long. Love the colour on those ballerinas, btw, lovely with navy. And the bikini! It looks great on you and it balances you out really well. I can't remember the many destinations we agreed on for meeting up, but now we must add somewhere tropical, surely? I do remember the French Carribean quite fondly, may have had to do with being quite young at the time and having a decent croissant for the first time in years...
Elle 
whilst I do agree that bag makes an excellent replacement for my face, I don't know how well the crazy cat lady vibe goes with the rest of my wardrobe 
So glad to hear you kept the Dries trousers, I saw something very similar at H&M the other day, will post it in a bit as it's on my phone.
I'm not usually a fan of the H&M conscious collection as it's quite expensive and a lot is recycled polyester but I do like the look of a lot of it and I've spotted some silk. If I have the energy I'll go have a peruse in store tomorrow (or is it the day after?), I have a 25% off offer through their member program so that would go a long way on that collection. Great find on the shoes, L'Exception has a nice selection as well at the moment, they sell the Bobbies too (shipping is v. reasonable too, 5EUR IIRC).
I might get some more TKees which are really slim leather flip-flops, despite looking terrible for your feet I really like them and can walk endlessly on them. NAP have them in a rich chocolate colour (pic 1), I might get those as they're very affordable and the ones I have, still haven't died after years of wear. I quite like mixing brown with black to take the severity out of it.
Lovely pieces, Auld. I've actually been spotting quite a lot of natural fibres in the shops, surprisingly. Lots of linen, especially.
Swimming, love the trousers, and very versatile too, I imagine. I ordered a dress from that brand once, unfortunately, didn't do much for me but now I'm eyeing up this top (pic 2). Sizing was generous though IIRC.
It's warm here too, 24 today, will be even warmer tomorrow. But it's schizophrenic weather as the morning and evening are still kind of cold. As a result, I've been walking around like a Sainsbury baguette Parisian cliche as my trans-seasonal wardrobe seems to be very stripey top oriented. I'm on day 3 
thought I was phoning it in a bit, stripey top, denim skirt, Danse Lente bag, Jensen boots, slight Parisian nod with ankle socks on display like a sliver of black (stops my legs looking unfortunately chopped off) but a French man insisted on stopping me to tell me I looked irrésistible and then refused to believe I was a local. Apparently, he'd never seen a Dutch woman look like me 
In other news, I bought a bag from Mango's Committed Collection (pic 3) which also has some nice pieces in it. It's very reminiscent a blatant copy of a Building Block bag I had my eyes on some time back but was really hard to get hold of. It's veg tan leather and a lot pricier by Mango standards but still a great bargain if it's lovely in RL. Will report back when it arrives, hoping it'll make a good non-work summer bag.
Apols if I missed out anyone, all the outfits sound lovely.