DREAMY DRESSES ARE NOT JUST FOR SUMMER
Pretty, floaty frocks fluttered down catwalks and across the front row – fine when it’s 26 degrees, as it was for much of Milan Fashion Week, but these dresses are now a year-round category, worn with baggy boots, jumpers or jackets and, yes, trousers. In Versace’s tribute show, we saw dresses (and skirts) worn with matching leggings – an idea from the early Nineties that was respun at Dolce & Gabbana.
Even bias-cut slip dresses have found a way to be perennially useful, especially for women who don’t want to bare their arms and clavicles. One stylish showgoer confided that while she likes the look of a slipskirt, she finds that dress versions are generally more flattering across hips, because of the way they hang, and that the top part of the dress adds an extra layer over bras that helps creates a smoother line under knitwear. LA