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They're the dresses you throw on for a festival and end up wearing on holiday too

For this guide: I considered 115 styles and tested 19 of them in person

This romantic midi has an exaggerated ruffled square neckline you can wear on or off the shoulders

Thanks to the sewing machine, the paper pattern, and affordable fabrics, the working classes could finally, feasibly, dress like high societyeven if they were now only permitted to do so after work hours

Our Dark Navy Smarts are made with 58% wool, 38% polyamide, and 4% elastane

Black dresses with metallic detailing or metallic gold dresses with black detailing would provide the right flair for a gold and black-themed wedding