Fashion fix: Dresses aren’t dead yet

These range from overblown pink carnations at Dolce & Gabbana and exquisite massed blooms at Zimmermann, to florals of every kind at many brands — including John Lewis.
I suspect few women will “move on”.

Not only because we dislike being dictated to, but because we now inhabit a fashion universe where almost anything in almost any cut, hemline, colour or print is equally on-point.

This was aptly demonstrated at last month’s London Fashion Week, where the (female) fashion pack wore: maxi, mini and midi lengths; cargoes and cropped flares; trench coats, duster coats, blazers and Prada’s jaw-droppingly gorgeous lime leather coat (seen on the iconic fasnionista Anna Wintour).

Also, floral-print midi-dresses are a wardrobe staple for everything from the school run to the boardroom — and even for a simchah, if we swap our Veja Campos for vertiginous heels.

There are short hemlines in S/S23, too.

The label “mini” may indicate super-short or knee-length. Photos may mislead, too, so check measurements carefully.