Heavy on style, broad on appeal, these bold dresses, and accessories, are perfect for your next occasion …
In a fashion landscape filled with viral dresses, fleeting favourites and, at times, wildly ridiculous trends how do you cut through the noise to find occasion pieces that fit, flatter and have enduring appeal? These dress up pieces – from elegant gowns to sequinned capes and bow-embellished heels – are a good starting point whether you’re in your 20s, or your 50s, or beyond …
Main image: Antwerp-based designers Bernadette and Charlotte de Geyter of Bernadette. The mother and daughter design duo sell an exclusive edit of occasion dresses on MatchesFashion.com that has cross-generational appeal.
Floral round neck midi tea dress, M&S Collection, €54, at M&S.
Draped satin dress, €49.99, at H&M.
Nude vinyl heels, €59.99, at Mango.
Embroidered Eleanore dress, €1,800; www.bernadetteantwerp.com
Short sequinned Laurel cape, €129, at Folkster.
Gathered waist midi-dress, Victoria Beckham, €990, at Brown Thomas.
Liza drape-sleeved dress, €435; www.rixolondon.com.
Maude clutch, Cult Gaia, €258; www.zalando.ie.
Asymmetric midi dress, €125, at COS.
Somerset maxi dress, The Somerset Collection, €175, at Anthropologie.
High neck sequinned dress, €380, at Jigsaw.
Flared-sleeve satin dress, €69.99, at Mango.
