This dress would be a wonderful candidate for late summer / early autumn styling layered up with a longline cardigan, knee-high boots and a flat brimmed hat to top things off
As a traditional dress watch, its exceedingly minimal, yet the few design elements that are there get five-star treatment
You feel pulled together, but still comfortable enough to move and enjoy your day
Even our fashion director Oonagh agrees, saying: Thanks to the major boho revival, crochet is back but not as you know it
Encourage your best friend, mom, daughter, aunt, granddaughter, mother-in-law, grandmother or sister to take a look in their closets and see what fashionable formal wear they can part with
Then you can take them out to paint them or paint them in place if you're not a messy painter