The Best Black Square Neck Dresses
I spent years thinking square necks were a “special occasion” cut, something you wheeled out for one wedding and put away again. Wrong, completely wrong, and I’ll say that plainly…
The Best Blue Linen Dresses For Weekend Brunch
I spent years thinking blue linen was strictly a holiday colour, something you packed for Puglia and never touched again until the following June. That was a properly wrong opinion…
Hand Picked, The Black Tie Dresses Worth Shopping
Black tie is the one dress code where nobody wants a jolly compromise. You want drama, but drama that survives a three hour dinner, two glasses of something fizzy and…
The Black One Shoulder Dresses We Keep Coming Back To
I owned a one shoulder dress in 2014 that had a fabric flower the size of a small side plate sitting on the strap, and I wore it to a…
Hand Picked, The Black Slip Dresses Worth Shopping
I owned three black slip dresses before I admitted the first one was the problem, not the concept. Cheap satin, cut on the wrong bias, and it clung to absolutely…
The Best Black Shift Dresses
I spent about four years thinking a black shift dress was a cop out. The thing you wear when you couldn’t decide what to wear. I’ve properly changed my mind,…
Claire’s Pick of the Best Blue Mini Dresses
I spent a solid two years thinking blue mini dresses were a one trick pony, strictly for hen dos and the sort of night that ends with you eating chips…
Claire’s Pick of the Best Black Backless Dresses
There is a specific kind of confidence that comes from a backless dress, and it has nothing to do with how much skin is on show. It is about the…
Shop the Black Ruched Dresses We’d Actually Wear
I used to think ruching was a cheat code for hiding a bad day of eating, and honestly, it still is, but that’s not actually why it works. A good…
Shop the Bishop Sleeve Dresses We’d Actually Wear
I spent about two years thinking bishop sleeves were a costume choice. Something for a wedding where you didn’t quite trust yourself to look interesting otherwise, so you let the…