Claire's Picks

Coloured Retro Dresses in Period Palettes

A coloured retro dress uses colour palettes that reference specific decades in a way that adds period character to the dress through the colour choices themselves. The warm avocado and burnt orange of the seventies, the primary colour boldness of the sixties, the pastel precision of the fifties. The period palette needs to be executed in quality fabric and a considered construction. These are the coloured retro dresses that feel current because the quality of the period palette reference and the currency of the construction create a dress that earns its retro character through the deliberateness of the colour choice rather than through any more obvious period reference, which is the most sophisticated version of retro dressing available.

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Cotton Poplin Shift Dresses in Neutral Colors

Cotton poplin has a subtle sheen and a crisp hand that makes a simple shift dress read as more considered than the fabric alone would suggest. It does not wrinkle the way linen does which makes it a better choice if you need something you can actually wear to places and have it look put together. The fabric has enough body that it holds the shift shape without clinging anywhere it should not. These dresses work in black or navy or white or cream and they transition from spring through fall depending on what you layer them with and what shoes you choose. A poplin shift dress is a foundational piece that costs you money once and works for years.

Browse Cotton Poplin Shift Dresses in Neutral Colors

A coloured retro dress uses colour palettes that reference specific decades in a way that adds period character to the dress through the colour choices themselves. The warm avocado and burnt orange of the seventies, the primary colour boldness of the sixties, the pastel precision of the fifties. The period palette needs to be executed in quality fabric and a considered construction. These are the coloured retro dresses that feel current because the quality of the period palette reference and the currency of the construction create a dress that earns its retro character through the deliberateness of the colour choice rather than through any more obvious period reference, which is the most sophisticated version of retro dressing available.

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