VOGUE MOOD PARTY LINES
It’s time for soirées, revelry and fanciful dress.
The style stars have aligned. At least for southern hemisphere dwellers where resort – in all its spangled, skin-flashing glory – will be filling shop floors at the same time as the first throngs of summer party-goers head out into the night. As fashion’s overall feeling gets more experimental, the mood of eras that exuded confidence, like the unabashed flash of the 80s and that pocket of the 70s – disco – prevails. The fashion fearless will embrace higher hem lines in wriggle-in, skin-skimming micro dresses and statement shimmer. But it’s not all about taut limbs shown off to the hilt; long sleeves and voluminous silhouettes help play the coy coquette this season while subtle styling moves can be made to highlight the desired areas. Read on and recalibrate to the season’s party rules.
4. Give them the eye
Silky cobalt shadows ruled in the 80s club scene. Mark their renaissance with a swipe across lids paired with hazy gold tones to make eyes pop. – Remy Rippon
2. Do the shimmy shimmy shake
By rights, stepping onto a dance floor involves a certain degree of peacocking and with lifelong alliances forged under the fractured light of the disco ball, there’s a lot at stake. The name of the game? Catch the most eyes in the room with kinetic details – think fringing and free-moving knife pleats – and high-shine fabrics like Ellery’s metallic champagne tunic. When that fails, languidly low backs and sinuous lines will do the trick.
3. Get low
Shrunken block heels allow a quick shuffle on the dancefloor to extend until the lights come on.