NOTHING ELSE
NEEDS DECIDING

There is always one dress that saves you from standing in front of the wardrobe for twenty minutes. Philippa is meant to be that one. It reads as considered without asking anything of you, so the evening stops being about what you are wearing and goes back to being about the people you are seeing. Put it on, find your earrings, go.

WHY THE PHILIPPA?

• Gathered at the waist, easy below: It draws in at the narrowest point and then falls away cleanly, which is the shape that does the most for the most women. Nothing clings anywhere it should not, and you can sit through a long dinner without adjusting a thing.
  
  
• Sleeves that cover without hiding: The long lantern sleeve gathers softly at the wrist, so your arms are covered and the line still looks light rather than heavy. It is the detail that takes the dress out of the ordinary and the reason it photographs well.
  
  
• A neckline that flatters at the front: The V opens just enough to lengthen the neck and give a necklace somewhere to sit. It stays modest whether you are standing at a drinks reception or sitting down at a table.
  
  
• It moves with you all evening: Soft to the touch and light to wear, so it flows as you walk rather than hanging stiffly. Long enough to feel like an occasion and easy enough to wear to a Sunday lunch.
  
  
• Five colours, sizes S to 2XL: Bordeaux, Green, Black, Orange and Red, so there is a quiet one and a bold one depending on where you are going. Take your usual size, and if you are between two, the larger of the pair gives a little more room through the hip.