Who? Coast What? We’ve fallen in love with the Keeley feather dress from Coast. It’s just the thing if you’re fretting about what to wear to the races or even to a wedding. It’s effortlessly feminine and the pastel colours will take you from spring through to summer. Priced at £169. When? Available now Where? Available online from Coast How? Buy now from Coast
Let’s talk maxi dresses; specifically, maxi dresses for dressing up. We’ll be up front – we love maxi dresses for dressing up. We’ve seen casual versions up and down the high street for the last few years but we think their place at cocktail parties, posh dinners and nights out on the town have been seriously down-played. Why? Well we love that it’s effortlessly elegant and demure, without needing to look like a ballgown. It can be tight or lose fitting and there’s a whole lot of fabric for patterns to play with. What’s more, you’ll never fall foul of the “knee-length” rules or have to worry about being under…
As the summer solstice draws to an end, we say goodbye to spring and welcome summer. We’ve had the pinks and the pastels for the spring season but now it’s time to set those tans off with a splash of white. Of course white works for clothes and accessories but we’re going for a classic – the demure white dress. Except it’s less about frou-frou wedding dresses and more about fabulous outfits for the cocktail hour. Here, we’ve picked ten of our favourite party-ready white dresses Metallic lace silk dress from Aidan Mattox Priced at £330. Available from John Lewis Hettie Jacquard dress from Phase Eight Priced at £99. Available…
Ten of the best dresses in pastel Pastel sometimes has the reputation for being the dullest shades and with good reason. They are rarely eye catching colours and easily blend into the background. With summer right round the corner, we can’t help but incline towards though lighter, paler shades. They do help to accentuate the little tan that we can hope to achieve in the British summer. So we’ve searched high and low and, well, what do you know, we’ve found ten pastel dresses that are anything but dull. Draped chiffon dress from Giambattista Valli Priced at £614.25. Available from The Outnet Fabric mix shift dress from Warehouse Priced at…
With spring all around us, we’re in the mood for dancing… And romancing. It’s cheesy but, well, we’re generally feeling very twee right now. And that’s ok. Highlighting this good mood for us are this season’s large selection of pink dresses. And trust us, there are a lot to chooses from. Now we’re not usually struck by pink but when the mood takes us… As ever, we’ve picked ten of our favourite pink dresses, available now, for all those Sunday Afternoon Teas, mid-week lunches and weekend dinner dates. Maria pleat dress from L.K. Bennett Perfect for the office. Priced at £250. Available from L.K. Bennett Bow back crepe shift dress…
Lace is not the easiest of fabrics to wear – you’re always in danger of looking too frumpy or too much in the opposite direction. But worn well, lace can be wonderfully elegant and feminine and it works from spring to summer through to autumn and winter. With this in mind, we’ve picked ten of our favourite lace dresses right now that will make you picture perfect. Lace cocktail mini dress from Notte by Marchesa Priced at £342.50. Available from The Outnet Placed lace dress from Karen Millen Priced at £215. Available from John Lewis Carry lace dress from Coast Priced at £135. Available from Coast 1971 Rosalin dress from…
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