Now Trending: Flirty Cocktail Frocks

Light-as-a-feather styles can be just as alluring as the body-hugging silhouettes of yesterday

Photography by MARK GRIFFIN CHAMPION
Styling by ALISON EDMOND

OSCAR DE LA RENTA gown, $22,290, ring, $220, and bag, $2,390, TABITHA SIMMONS flats, $695, and ribbon, stylist’s own.

“It’s time to loosen up when it comes to party hour. Feathers, frills and flounces have added a flirtatious spin to last season’s bodycon silhouettes”

Alison Edmond, C executive creative & fashion director

MIU MIU dress, $2,510, shorts, $790, and socks, price upon request, and bralette, stylist’s own.

MAJE skirt (worn as a dress), $395, POLLY WALES ring, $3,630, MICHAEL KORS COLLECTION bag, $1,550, and heels, $895.

“Claire Waight-Keller kills it at Givenchy with her play on volume, while Chanel and Oscar de la Renta both know how to work a feather like no one else. Accessorize with a little sparkle and the fun begins”

Alison Edmond, C executive creative & fashion director

CHANEL dress, price upon request, OSCAR DE LA RENTA earrings, $170, DOLCE & GABBANA clutch, $3,845, and AGL heels, $555.

GIVENCHY dress, $4,595, ANDREA FOHRMAN earrings, $8,600, GLOMESH clutch, $429, and TABITHA SIMMONS heels, $895.

Model: EMIKO HERBERT at Next Management
Hair: CHRISTIAN MARC at Forward Artists using Leonor Greyl
Makeup: JENNA ANTON at Forward Artists using using ILIA Beauty
Production: CAMP PRODUCTIONS

Feature image: RED VALENTINO dress, $1,570, POLLY WALES ring, $2,420, and RENE CAOVILLA heels, $1,260.

This story originally appeared in the September 2019 issue of C Magazine.

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