The square neckline is doing a lot of quiet work this summer. It frames the collarbone better than almost any other cut, it photographs brilliantly, and it manages to feel both vintage and completely current at the same time. We have a genuine soft spot for it. But the reason we built this collection around the words “real life” is that square neck dresses have a reputation for looking incredible on a hanger and then requiring rather more structural support than anyone warned you about. We only included the ones that have actually solved that problem. The styles here work across a proper range of summer occasions, garden parties, long lunches, beach holidays where you want to look put together for dinner. Some are floaty and relaxed. Some are more fitted and polished. All of them are in fabrics that handle heat without looking defeated by it. We tested for the things that matter: does the neckline stay where it should, does the length work for actual movement, does it look as good at the end of the day as it did at the beginning. Only the ones that passed made it through.
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The square neckline is doing a lot of quiet work this summer. It frames the collarbone better than almost any other cut, it photographs brilliantly, and it manages to feel both vintage and completely current at the same time. We have a genuine soft spot for it. But the reason we built this collection around the words "real life" is that square neck dresses have a reputation for looking incredible on a hanger and then requiring rather more structural support than anyone warned you about. We only included the ones that have actually solved that problem. The styles here work across a proper range of summer occasions, garden parties, long lunches, beach holidays where you want to look put together for dinner. Some are floaty and relaxed. Some are more fitted and polished. All of them are in fabrics that handle heat without looking defeated by it. We tested for the things that matter: does the neckline stay where it should, does the length work for actual movement, does it look as good at the end of the day as it did at the beginning. Only the ones that passed made it through.
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