Shop the Black Evening Dresses We’d Actually Wear
I spent about six years thinking a black evening dress was what you wore when you’d run out of better ideas. My flatmate Priya once caught me in one at…
The Best Black High Neck Dresses
I spent years thinking a high neck was a punishment. Something you wore because a wedding dress code demanded it, not because you wanted to. I was wrong, and I’ve…
Claire’s Pick of the Best Black Bridesmaid Dresses
I spent years telling brides that black bridesmaid dresses were a bit funereal, a bit “sorry for your loss” for an occasion that’s supposed to be joyful. I was completely…
Claire’s Pick of the Best Beach Dresses
There is a particular kind of beach dress that earns its place in the suitcase and a particular kind that ends up worn once to breakfast and never again, and…
Shop the Black Fit and Flare Dresses We’d Actually Wear
I used to think a black fit and flare dress was the safe choice, the one you pick when you can’t be bothered to think, and for years I bought…
The Best Black Cut Out Dresses For A Garden Party
I said for years that cut outs were a nightclub thing, not a daytime thing, and definitely not a “stand on a lawn holding a glass of prosecco while your…
Our Favourite Black Corset Dresses Right Now
I used to think a corset dress meant surviving a wedding in something that dug into my ribs like it was punishing me for the prosecco. Wore one to a…
The Best Beige Tiered Dresses For A Beach Holiday
Beige gets written off as the boring choice until you actually put one on in proper heat and realise it’s doing more work than half the brighter dresses on the…
The Perfect Beige Wrap Dress For Weekend Brunch
I spent about three years thinking beige was for people who’d given up. Then I wore a beige wrap dress to a brunch I almost cancelled because I couldn’t face…
Claire’s Pick of the Best Belted Dresses
A belted dress is the one piece that does the thinking for you on a morning when you genuinely cannot face making decisions. I spent years assuming the belt was…