The Burgundy Prom Dresses Worth Your Money
Burgundy earns its place in prom season because it does something black and jewel blue cannot: it reads as rich rather than safe, and it flatters an enormous range of…
Burgundy earns its place in prom season because it does something black and jewel blue cannot: it reads as rich rather than safe, and it flatters an enormous range of…
Burgundy sits in that rare colour zone that reads as both a neutral and a statement, which is exactly why it works so hard for so little effort. It has…
I spent years thinking blue midi dresses were the safe choice. The one you pick when you can’t decide, the beige of the evening dress world but in a nicer…
I spent three years thinking one shoulder dresses were a costume rather than clothing. Something about the asymmetry felt like it was trying too hard, like the dress had opinions…
Brown had a reputation problem for years, mostly because everyone’s first encounter with it was a shapeless midi in a colour that read more “canteen furniture” than “chocolate martini”. I…
I bought a broderie dress in 2019 that looked, under any light stronger than a candle, like a christening gown that had given up on itself. Cheap cotton, holes punched…
I spent about three years thinking blue knitwear meant one specific shade, a sort of flat cornflower that made me look like I was about to hand out programmes at…
I used to think the whole point of a bridesmaid dress was to disappear into it. Stand there, smile, don’t upstage the bride, job done. I held that opinion for…
Blue ruched dresses do something most dresses in your rail can’t be bothered to do: they actually think about the body wearing them. Ruching isn’t just texture for the sake…
I spent years thinking boat necks were a bit prim, a bit “headmistress at a leaving do,” and I want to formally apologise to the neckline for that. It’s the…