beautiful tiers
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Alexa Chung in Luella at the ELLE style awards
If I say ‘tiers’ and you think of wedding cake or Swan Lake and nought in between, hopefully these party dresses will spark your imagination. A black tiered dress is more or less a sexy senorita’s flamenco uniform, is it not, and this Freemans £60 bargain makes me want to salsa all the way to my savings account. But don’t be restricted to black. Jewel colours make a bijou statement this season, so swish those tiers to full effect. This Temperley dress (below) is the height of grown-up dressing, but the belt keeps the look young and hip. Alice Temperely, like Luella, is clearly a dress girl – they understand how to make women feel utterly pretty. The fabrics are key: satins and silks reflect the light and show movement, think how leaden and flat velvet tiers would look.
That Luella dress on Alexa Chung at the Elle style awards couldn’t have been more right, and regardless of her loveliness you can see there’s a model working that dress to the max. Pink and black? Agent Provocateur couldn’t have done it better themselves. The golden limbs, the flushed cheeks, the frou-frou chic reined in by that belt. And the pièce de résistance – the Alexa touch – the patent shoe boots (out of view) which take girlie down a notch or ten. And I’m sure if Alexa had her way she’d accessorize with a beaten up old satchel rather than a clutch.
Tiers before bedtime? Only if you miss out on this unique vintage 80s dress from Rockit online, which is SO now I’m really quite chuffed with myself for finding it. At £50 it’s full lined and the bodice is boned, plus there is an oversized bow on the black, and a black netted underskirt.
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Image Credit: rockit.co.uk
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