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…
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…
The Best Beige Shift Dresses
I spent years calling beige “safe” the way you’d call a Wednesday safe. Fine. Unremarkable. The colour you wear when you can’t decide, not the colour you choose on purpose.…
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…
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…
Our Favourite Beige Shirt Dresses Right Now
I spent about three years convinced beige was a colour for people who’d given up. Then I borrowed one for a wedding I had precisely one clean outfit option left…
The Best White Bucket Bags
A white bucket bag is one of those pieces that looks simple until you try to find a good one, and then the differences become obvious fast. The shape only…