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What to wear right now: a shirt dress

— by Alyson Walsh

Photos: Dvora @fashionistable

I’ve worn this shirt dress to a meeting, to a cocktail party and to travel in. It’s a go-anywhere, do-everything style that is both wafty and smart and doesn’t wilt in a heatwave. Result. The DKNY cotton poplin shirt dress cost more than I would normally spend on a frock but it’s incredibly versatile, the longer hemline at the back covers my varicose veins and this style works equally well with sandals. In fact, I was wearing mine with flat sandals to travel in and received a lovely compliment from a reader who spotted me in Athens airport. I just hope that this was before Mr TNMA realised he’d left his reading glasses in the front pocket of an EasyJet plane and we legged it through the airport in a mad panic. Still waiting to hear…In a topsy-turvy twist, it was so hot when we left London the heat on the tarmac before boarding at Heathrow was hotter than when we disembarked in Athens. Fancy that.

 

The white leather lace-ups are an old pair from Hobbs and my immediate thought on seeing this photo was that they’re practically the same colour as my legs. Should’ve bought some Legology

Clarks has a white leather brogue (HERE) and I’m a big fan of Grenson shoes  – there’s a lovely pair HERE and this pair are pale blue but they’d do the job or try the Grenson website.

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I’ve worn this shirt dress to a meeting, to a cocktail party and to travel in. It’s a go-anywhere, do-everything style that is both wafty and smart and doesn’t wilt in a heatwave.