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…
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…
A wrap skirt earns its place through the tie, not the print. The good ones fasten with enough overlap at the front to sit securely through a day of walking…
A good summer skirt earns its place through movement, not print or colour. Fabric behaviour matters more than pattern here, because a skirt that clings, rides up, or refuses to…
Red is the colour that makes a maxi skirt worth the extra fabric. A floor length skirt in navy or black can disappear into the background of an outfit, but…
A good skirt on a larger frame comes down to three things: where the fabric sits at the waist, how much structure it has through the hip, and where the…
A plain skirt sounds like the easiest thing in the world to get right, which is exactly why so many get it wrong. Strip away pattern and embellishment and what’s…
Orange is not a colour that hides, which is exactly why it earns its place in a season built around layering. The shade does the work that a plain neutral…
I used to think a black skirt was a black skirt, buy whatever was nearest the till, and then spend the whole night at the bar tugging the hem down…
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…
A good tiered skirt earns its keep through movement rather than print or embellishment. The tiers should be cut with enough graduation that the skirt actually swings when you walk,…