Claire’s Pick of the Best White Fit and Flare Dresses
A white fit and flare dress works because of what happens at the waist and nowhere else. The bodice needs to sit close without pulling, and the skirt needs to…
A white fit and flare dress works because of what happens at the waist and nowhere else. The bodice needs to sit close without pulling, and the skirt needs to…
A white ruched dress works because of what the gathering does to the body, not because white photographs well or ruching is having a moment. Proper ruched fabric, whether it…
Wine sits in a strange, useful place between black and red, which is exactly why it works so hard in a mini dress. It has the gravity of black without…
A white one shoulder dress earns its place at a summer wedding by doing something quite specific: it reads as considered and dressed up without tipping into anything that competes…
A white wrap dress works harder than almost anything else in a summer rail, provided the wrap does what it says. The tie needs to sit at a real waist,…
White cut out dresses live or die on placement. A cut out at the waist, positioned just above the hip bone, does something genuinely flattering, it suggests shape without asking…
A white shirt dress lives or dies on its collar and its weight of cloth. Too thin and it clings and creases within the hour, too stiff and it stands…
A good white skater dress lives or dies on the fabric and the seaming at the waist. Too thin and it clings in the wrong places or turns see-through under…
A good white satin dress lives or dies on the fabric’s weight and how the cut works with it rather than against it. Satin is unforgiving. It skims rather than…
A white bodycon dress is the most unforgiving thing in a rail, which is exactly why a good one is worth taking seriously. There is nowhere for cheap fabric to…