Dresses

Rust sits in that rare bracket of colour that reads as neutral and statement at once, which is precisely why it works harder than black in a dress. The best…

A good sheath dress does one job properly: it follows the body without gripping it, which sounds simple until you try one on and realise how rarely it happens. The…

Red lace has a habit of tipping into fancy dress if the construction isn’t right, which is exactly why the good versions deserve more attention than the colour alone tends…

Silver midi dresses work because metallic fabric behaves so differently from anything else in an evening rail. It catches light rather than absorbing it, which means the cut underneath has…

A good smock dress earns its shape rather than hiding behind it. The whole point of the silhouette is volume that falls from a yoke at the chest or shoulder,…

Silver does something that black and navy maxi dresses simply cannot, it catches light and moves with the body instead of sitting flat against it. The best versions work because…

Silver is the metallic that behaves the least like a metallic, and that is exactly its advantage over gold or bronze at this end of the wardrobe. A good silver…