Sequins do something at night that no other fabric can. The way they catch light and throw it back across a room is not a subtle effect and it is not meant to be. We have always thought that sequin dresses get unfairly dismissed as fancy dress or try-hard, and we disagree entirely. Worn well, a sequin dress is one of the most considered choices you can make for an evening out. It says you understood the assignment and then exceeded it.

What we have pulled together here are the dresses that earn that. The cuts that actually flatter rather than just shimmer. The colour choices that work beyond New Year’s Eve. Gold that reads warm and expensive, silver that feels sharp and modern, deep jewel tones that photograph beautifully and look even better in person. We have been particular about fit and fabric weight because cheap sequins move badly and catch light badly and the difference is immediately obvious.

These are not costumes. They are the dresses that make someone across a crowded room stop and look twice. That is exactly what they are supposed to do.