Claire’s Pick of the Best White Lace Dresses
White lace has a way of looking dressed up and undone at the same time, which is exactly why it earns its place above almost any other summer fabric. The…
White lace has a way of looking dressed up and undone at the same time, which is exactly why it earns its place above almost any other summer fabric. The…
A white halter neck dress lives or dies on the strap and the cut through the bodice, not on the colour, which is why the category is trickier to get…
Turquoise is not an easy colour to get right, which is exactly why it works so hard on a mini dress. It sits somewhere between blue and green depending on…
A tube dress lives or dies on the fabric. This is a silhouette with no sleeves, no straps, no structural distraction to hide behind, so the material has to do…
White at a black tie event only works when the dress does something more considered than simply avoiding black. The good ones understand that white under evening light is unforgiving,…
A tassel dress earns its place by movement, not decoration for its own sake. The good ones are built so the fringe swings with the body rather than sitting flat…
A good tunic dress earns its place through cut, not decoration. The strongest versions sit somewhere between a top and a dress, hitting mid thigh to just above the knee,…
White carries no disguise, which is exactly why an evening dress in this colour separates good design from lazy design within seconds. There is nowhere for a poor seam to…
Tie dye works when the dye has actually moved through the fibre rather than sitting on top of it, which is why the good versions tend to be viscose, cotton…
A trapeze dress works because it refuses to touch the body anywhere except the shoulders. The line runs out from a narrow yoke or high bust seam into a wide,…