If you are on the short side, like me, I have found us a great dress at Uniqlo

It's not this one.  

This, however, was one of my favorite dresses at the V&A Dior exhibition, which starts out with a selection of black and white displays.  At first glance it looks like a simple 1950s dress with bows on the shoulder straps, but yet the height of the bodice and the bateau shape of the neckline emphasize the collar bone regally and demurely, like a dress made for a princess.

Monsieur Dior would have kicked me out of his atelier faster than I can say New Look, because I never had a waist at all.  When I was younger I was straight up and down, but now at 52 my waist has thickened and fitted dresses never work for me.

This morning on my bubble tea run in South Kensington;  sweet lychee bubble tea of course not helping my waist at all.

Dress from Uniqlo, find it HERE.

It's a very sweet dress, so I'm wearing it with ankle boots to give it some edge, and for the same reason I am keeping the palette in all black, white and neutrals.

It can be worn gathered at the waist, if yours is slimmer than mine, and would look really cool with a brown logo belt, like this one at Valentino, HERE, or with this more discrete black one, HERE.

Warning: the dress is not particularly long, so it may be an awkward length if you are taller than 1.66m, which is the model's height on the website.

Boots from Rag & Bone, HERE.

This building on the Fulham Road reminds me how lovely black, white and brown work together.  That was my second bubble tea run of the day.  You can take the girl out of Asia but you can't take Asia out of the girl.

Belt by Valentino, HERE, and brown logo version HERE.

I hope you are having a great day!  Thank you so much for reading,

xx Dianne