5 of the Best: Red Dresses

Skirts: comeback of the season

Skirts are everywhere. Mini, midi, maxi, you name it. I love the tomato red trend, see an article I wrote for the Durham One on the colour here. The bright skirt looks best played down with a pale or white top half à la Jil Sander. Skirts are a great alternative to trousers for summer as they are easier to wear, lighter and more feminine. Wearing a bright colour on your bottom half is the easiest way to work the colour blocking trend if you're not sure if the colour suits you or not.

Red or Dead?

Red is hot this season, appearing all over the catwalks, 'red' carpets and high street shops. Is it easy to pull off though? January Jones looks stunning in red-hot Versace at the Golden Globes and I love Topshop Unique, Calvin Klein, Lanvin and Erdem's (clockwise) interpretation of the colour wave also.

Tomato red lips were strong at Gucci on a palette of barely-there make up. On the high street you can pick up this red suede biker jacket at Topshop or this red handbag at LK Bennett.

Comes around, goes around: tomato red and Twiggy.

Source: Eight

There's a distinct what-comes-around-goes-around feel about this image I found on Eight blog. The vibrant red is strong this season, found at Lanvin, Topshop Unique, Sonia Rykiel and Calvin Klein. Meanwhile, tassels were key trends at Gucci, Diesel, Dior, Ralph Lauren and Roberto Cavalli. 

Wearability factor is debatable, but there's no doubt that tassels and eye-popping red are head-turners, bound to wow.

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Headscarves are also on trend this season, being seen at the likes of Rochas, D&G, Missoni, Vivienne Westwood, Roksanda Illinic and Giorgio Armani.

Source: google images