Category: Women’s Fashion

A mini dress might not exactly be the most practical of style choices for these months, but the mini shift is a perennial classic not to be missed at any time of year. This Shoshanna silk dress is a modern take on the 60s mod classic that’ll be worn year in and out.

With a sharp geometric print, the simple silhouette is brought to life and looks quintessentially sixties as a result. The quirky addition of a neat pussybow neck has a little more artistic liscence, but works well in this silk fabric.

With a designer label, and 100% silk outer, it doesn’t come too cheap at $350 from Neiman Marcus.

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The lovely Ms Alicia Estrada is at it again with more great designs from retro brand Stop Staring! New off the line is this showstopping Maui dress, perfect for 40s devotees and slinky pinup style rockabilly girls alike.

In a pink, asian inspired floral pattern, the fabric of this dress could speak volumes alone. Add to that the sweetheart neckline and cleverly retro wraparound waist, and there’s no fear of the sometimes trashy aspect of satin and silk.

Get yours directly from Stop Staring! online for $146.

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There are so many things fashion writers would have you believe are ‘must have’ items, and we all know they’re usually anything but. A perennial classic, though, is the woolen dress for winter, and its one that at least makes sense year upon year.

This simple but stylish wool shift dress by J. Crew is a chic, pinafore style that’s most likely to be wearably stylish for years to come, if not always. The simple, high necked bodice contrasted with a fuller kneelength skirt, gives a demure look that’s fully grown up past the classroom.

Get it online for $148 from J. Crew.

Rather than buying a shiny or sequinned dress for the upcoming party season, it might be better to buy a dress that can be worn again once the Christmas decorations have come down. This 50s Cocktail Dress from French Connection is perfect as it is dressy enough for parties but simple enough for daytime.

Its cap sleeves and slash neckline make this more demure than the prom dresses currently dominating the high street and make it suitable for day wear too, but it has a scooped back that saves it from being too ordinary.

It costs £120 and can be bought online from ASOS.

Tatty Devine have become a bit of cult classic in retro kitsch jewellery design, with many pieces selling like the proverbial hotcakes. If you’ve admired their past lines, but missed the boat thanks to high volume sales, they’re giving us all another chance to snap up some of the best.

With their Best Of range, they’re reissuing the most popular designs since the brand’s inception, featuring great kitschy jewellery designs as modelled by some of their favourite people. Show above is their 50s glasses necklace, originally sold in Spring/Summer 2005.

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