The Perfect Charcoal Dress For Weekend Brunch
Charcoal sits in that rare zone between black and grey where a dress reads as considered rather than default. It has enough depth to feel deliberate, without the slight formality…
The Best Charcoal Mini Dresses
Charcoal sits in a different register to black, which is why it works so hard in a mini dress. It has the same grounding, no-nonsense quality but with a softness…
Claire’s Pick of the Best Cowl Neck Dresses
A cowl neck earns its keep through drape, not decoration. The fabric has to do the work: a jersey with enough weight to fall into soft folds rather than cling,…
Claire’s Pick of the Best Burgundy Mini Dresses
Burgundy sits in that rare zone between black and red, dark enough to do the job black does but with a warmth that photographs better under low light and reads…
Shop the Chiffon Dresses We’d Actually Wear
Chiffon has a bad reputation it doesn’t quite deserve, mostly because so many dresses made from it are cut without any thought for how the fabric actually behaves. Chiffon is…
The Check Dresses We Keep Coming Back To
A good check dress earns its keep through the quality of the check itself, not just its presence. Look for a pattern that has been placed with intent, matched at…
The Burgundy Maxi Dresses We Keep Coming Back To
Burgundy sits in that rare category of colour that behaves like a neutral while still doing all the work of a statement. It flatters a far wider range of skin…
The Perfect Burgundy Ruched Dress For A Garden Party
Burgundy has a particular advantage over the brighter garden party shades: it reads as considered rather than costumey, and it holds its depth in daylight instead of flattening out under…
Shop the Burgundy Pleated Dresses We’d Actually Wear
Burgundy does something that black simply cannot manage in the colder months, it holds warmth in a room full of navy coats and grey knits without ever tipping into fancy…
The Best Burgundy One Shoulder Dresses
Burgundy does something for skin tone that black simply cannot, it warms rather than hardens, which is exactly why the one shoulder cut works so well in this shade. The…