It’s the perfect frock to wear to a six-person picnic. Just be careful not to go the full Vera Lynn
Spring is here. It’s official: the spring equinox, which marks the first day of astronomical spring, falls on 20 March. I’m wearing a dress to celebrate. We haven’t quite arrived at the roaring 20s flapper dress moment yet. The tea dress, with its keep-calm-and-carry-on 1940s vibes, feels more appropriate. Not only because it is having a fashion renaissance, with a strong Paris fashion week showing, but because it is the kind of dress you might be able to wear for a six-person picnic in the not-too-distant future.
A tea dress instantly makes you look as if you have made an effort, while being extremely easy to wear. It is somewhere between tight and baggy; somewhere between short and long. There is often a print – flowers, polka dots, cherries, that sort of thing. It usually has sleeves, and a deepish V neckline.
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