via MrNewtonWomen have historically always worn dresses and skirts and it has really only been the past 100 years that women started wearing trousers and only since the 70s have trousers/pants/jeans become fashionable for women to wear on a daily basis.
via The Sartorialist.I bet, if you think about it, wearing a dress is not the first thing you think about putting on when getting dressed in the morning. Most of us think about comfort and convenience, and for some reason this equals not the simple and flowing elegance of a dress but instead it equals jeans, tailored pants, or cargos, hardly ever a dress. What happened to the dress? Is a dress no longer the go-to outfit for the modern woman?
via The SartorialistThinking about this more, I remember throughout university and during my 20s the only time I was enticed into wearing a dress was because I had to attend a formal function such as a wedding or a Ball. As a little girl I only wore dresses, but as I matured, I wore almost nothing but jeans, cargos and trousers. How did this happen?
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via here.Something else that is glorious about dresses is that they come in so many styles, shapes, fabrics, and prints. It is positively endless the choices we have.
MonochromaticColourful
Striped
SpottedDigital PrintFloralsDenimVintageSparklyMaxiMiniFlowingFigure-hugging
Vintage
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Ultra feminine Valentino worn with Doc Martin boots, image vía Lee Oliveira.
Alexa Chung rocking this red mini. Image vía Lee Oliveira.
Free flowing floral worn with gladiators, inspired! Image via here.
Pretty and girlie gingham via here.
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Summer denim perfection. Image via here.
Victoria Beckham knows it, designing a whole line called Victoria which she has devoted entirely to the dress. Image via here.
Simple bohemian elegance of this blue flowing dress by Free People.
Even the ever-classic black looks appealing to me right now. Image via here. While curating all these gorgeous examples of women wearing dresses, it seems hard to believe that the humble dress is often my second choice when trying to decide what to wear each morning. Since I began thinking about writing this post I have worn a dress every single day. I have unearthed some from the back of my wardrobe that I had all but forgotten I even owned.
How lovely that they now have a new lease on life and even better that I also have more than a few new choices when getting dressed in the morning!
Kisses!
Heidi
Sources: Lee Oliveira, The Sartorialist, Elle.com, Style.com, MrNewton.
