Body Con Dresses feature With Herve Leger Again
September 14, 2009 by Womens fashion Team ·
The term Bon Con dresses or “Body Concious” has been bandied around for the last number of years, but the brainchild behind this style of the dress is the French Fashion Designer Herve Leger, who in the late 80′s originally conceived the “bandage dress”, and so Bon Con dresses were unleashed upon the world. The distinctive “body concious” silhouette synonymous with this style which extenuates the female figure was all down to what has now become an iconic dress.
Not able to use his name professionally since Max Azria bought His label in 1998, the Herver Leger brand was relaunched in 2007, since then however Leger has done little to move away from the original body concious concept that led to his fame.
This week during New York Fashion Week, further evidence of this was demonstrated, as the only creativity employed by Leger appeared to be in the splattered-paint effect print which was apparent on a number of the dresses, and the shortening of the hem-line to mid-thigh length; everything else about the dress essentially remained the same. Lisa Armstrong of The Times put it very succinctly, referring to the design as “hooker chic rather than haute chic.” great phrase Lisa!
Devoid of any real inspiration and creativity, and trotting out the same old thing is perhaps complacent? But then again, perhaps Leger has every right to be, as it just shows the value of celebrity – why? Well Herve Leger has celebrities queueing up to wear a Leger Designed Bon Con dress on the red carpet with their tanned legs and Bulgari Jewellery, and that’s why the like of Mischa Barton and Hilary Duff’s were in attendance at his show, and no doubt why his latest design will be copied and marketed by all the popular high Street brands and will appear on your favourite fashion website during Spring Summer 2010.
To finish off, I refer back to Lisa Armstrong, who puts it ever so eloquently “These are hellishly expensive dresses, yet they are selling faster than diet pills. But then, they have a similarly slimming effect.”
Bon Con dresses are a style that have become ever so popular on the high Street too and you don’t have to spend hundreds of pounds to own one, To see more affordable versions of his body concious dress click the button below
Good things Come in Small Bundles
April 5, 2009 by Womens fashion Team ·
You know what they say about good things coming in small bundles? well as far as body shaped are concerned that’s true. Look at Cheryl Cole, she’s the perfect example of how to take advantage of her petite frame.
The key think here is to look taller, and that means making your legs appear longer.
Tops Empire line tops are just great for creating the illusion of longer legs. try fan and bow detailing to draw the eye upwards. To add some volume, go with flutter sleeves in bright block colours.
Bottoms You need to lengthen your legs, the best two ways to create this illusion is to go with dark trousers, and sneak a pair of high heels under them, but of you keep the shoes the same colour as the trousers, then that’ll do the trick. Second is go short with your skirts, minis and tulips are great! The more leg you show the longer your leg looks, ideal for the summer.
Dresses Again You’ve got a choice of how to wear dresses to your best advantage. Following the fashion of bold colours, go for simple dresses featuring at least two block colours, again this is ideal for your summer dresses.
You could also go for the ditsy print tea dresses which absolutely perfect for your frame, and give a really delicate feminine look.
Jeans Best shape for your jeans are bootcut or straight, these styles are shaped and will flatter your body most, but remember to go for maximum leg length with a pair of high sandals or heels to give you the height you require to best show off your profile.
Shoes and AccessoriesLike your frame, accessories should be small and neat, so for example, dainty clutch bags in bold colours are perfect. Try out a long necklace which adds symmetry and draws the eyes vertically down. As mention above, shoes are critical to give height, so high heels are good, but with skirts and dresses, strappy sandals are also good.
Lipsy 10% off Voucher Code
February 25, 2009 by Womens fashion Team ·
To mark their arrival on this site, Lipsy have a special promotion of 10% discount for orders of £80 and above.
Save 10% when you spend £80 at LipsyQuote SPRING10 at the checkout!
Lipsy are a very popular brand and have came to prominence as a young energetic brand whose speed of accessing the latest trends from the catwalk has become their modus operandi.
Why not check them out and see what all the fuss is about Save 10% when you spend £80 at Lipsy Quote SPRING10 at the checkout!
Lipsy OMG!
February 25, 2009 by Womens fashion Team ·
It’s a very exciting day at Women’s Dresses HQ today, as we’ve just received the news that Lipsy the youngest, hippest, trendiest British fashion label has agreed to partner us here at Women’s Dresses.
Lipsy have grown into one of the hippest fashion labels on the UK high street, with their high fashion, high design credentials.
In today’s high speed fashion market, where we all want the latest fashions quickly, Lipsy are committed to delivering the best fashion from the catwalk to the shop window as quickly as possible.
Lipsy is a brand that targets the young fashion concious women, with a cut to create a confident but sexy appeal. The brand has steadily grown and were acquired by Next in 2008.
Along the way, Lipsy has picked up a lot of fans and has become a firm favourite not only with the style concious fashionistas, but also with celebrities such as Lilly Allen, Alexa Chung, Holly Willowby, Rachel Stevens, Cheryl Cole, in fact just about anyone who’s anyone.
Most recently, Lipsy grabbed the headlines as it was revealed they designed the dress Alexandra Burke wore in the X-factor final .
Here at Women’s Dresses, we firmly place Lipsy as one of the pioneering spirits of the “Brit pack” , the iconic band British of fashion statement brands that epitomises the essence of British popular culture along side the likes of Mary Quant, Twiggy, Marks and Spencer, Stella McCartney, The Beatles, Mods, Rockers et al.
It really is a thrill to join up with them…
Now all you need to do is SHOP!
But before you do we would like you to find more of a reason to shop at Lipsy than just because the clothes are absolutely adorable, so Lipsy have kindly agreed to a very special promotion in which you can Save 10% when you spend £80 at LipsyTM Quote SPRING10 at the checkout!, plus, you get Free delivery on orders over £100 at Lipsy – automatically applied at checkout!
, so what are you waiting for? Shop the LipsyTM SpringSummer 09 Collection online now!
Bored Of The High Street
February 23, 2009 by Womens fashion Team ·
Bored of the High Street is an exciting young brand which offers exciting products for the style and fashion concious individual.
The Bored of the High Street brand covers everything from Women’s Dresses, shoes, skirts, Jeans, in fact anything you could possibly wear; it offers fashion for Men as well as its women’s clothing.
Bored of the High Street takes some of the high Streets biggest brands such as Lipsy, G-Star, Bench and Super dry and packages it with some niche high fashion players such as Motel Clothing plus many more and brings them to you all in a neat package under one Bored of the High Street brand.
It’s also an opportunity for you to save money as they are very active at promoting the best sellers regularly, so watch out for some great promotions
Bored of the High Street thinks of itself as a young , brash but ultimately fun brand which provides a unique, fresh and innovative approach to shopping.
Cheryl and Posh in Dress row
January 17, 2009 by Womens fashion Team ·
Two of the most talked about footballers wives are at each others metaphorical throats all in the name of women’s fashion.
Yes, Cheryl the beatiful girls aloud singer with the Geordie accent seems to have a problem with the range of Women’s Dresses that Posh “designed” .
Mrs Cole Said that the range of dresses were for ” older women and not something that Girls Aloud would wear.”
Kimberly Walsh attempted to pour oil on troubled waters by adding “She means older than us!” But Cheryl insisted that none of the dresses, that sold out within days of going on sales earlier in 2008, would be in her wardrobe.
The pair who have been previously photographed together socially at footballing functions with beeming smiles as if the best of friends are starting to fall out fast.
Posh’s Collection got rave reviews upon their launch and helped get Posh back in the spotlight, but obviously Cheryl has got designs of her own and wants to be TOP WAG, the claws are out; MEOW!
