‘It’s a ridiculous dress, really. But that’s good, because the whole point of a party dress is that you need to reset the dial’
I have this whole theory about the return of the 80s party dress. I reckon that after the financial crisis we look at the fashion of boom eras through a different lens. Where we once saw macho, muscular but fundamentally solid tailoring, we now look at the same years and what springs to mind are clothes for recklessness, ego, giddiness.
Yeah, I know, needs work; I don’t think Thomas Piketty’s got much to worry about just yet. But it’s enough to base a shopping expedition on, right? Because the 80s party dress is where this festive season is at. Those 90s slip dresses are feeling droopy, and the 70s revival is dragging on a bit. What we need is a brassy tequila sunrise of a cocktail dress.
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