The Style Critic

 

(STYLE.COM Sophia Kokosalaki a/w '08)

Remember the gold Dsquared2 mini dress that a certain model wore to Glasto? It was pure rock chic against a backdrop of rain and mud, proving that metallics don’t need to be high-voltage to turn heads. The little metallic dress (LMD?) is the distinctive party piece – weighty it may be, but soldier on, I say.

Sophia Kokosalaki made it work for her A/W show, and Christopher Bailey at Burberry Prorsum does burnished like a modern alchemist . Alexander McQueen’s hourglass sheath was less a dress and more mercury poured into a dress-shaped mould – perhaps a bit conceptual for the office Christmas party, but stunning none the less. Make it work in the week with Rachel Roy’s Metallic Shift Dress £880 on net-a-porter.

The High Street prefers polyester, so what you sacrifice in lbs you also save in £s. Thumbs up to Miss Sixty for a great metallic bronze dress at £105. Gold, pewter, silver, bronze – burnt or burnished or brushed – matte or high-shine – finding the hue for you is the key. And BTW the metallic look requires the footwear of a well-heeled gladiator, so nothing too dainty please.

Now shop forth and attract the metallic for you.

Image Credit: style.com (Alexander McQueen)

Metallics at Miss Sixty