Trend alert: The Shirt Dress

Dressed down Sundays never feel more precious after a long dreary week of dolling up for work. Nothing like the comfort of flip flops, shorts and  that old jersey you’ve been wearing to death ever since college. To preserve the sanctity of dressed down days even when luncheons with your girlfriends have been scheduled on weekends, shirt dresses are what we at Marie France Asia swear by.

Effortlessly stylish, a shirt dress is the crossroad where fashion and comfort coincide, and is no doubt the spot-on depiction of laid-back sexy.  Its versatile nature of being able to pull off a casual, sporty or even an elegant look with just the right kind of accessories and footwear make shirt dresses pure styling haven. From skater to maxi shirt dresses, printed to denim, deconstructed to preppy, there is a shirt dress for every body type and every occasion.

Just a few tips on how to work that shirt dress:

In clothes

The silhouette: For fear of looking like you’ve just donned on a potato sack, team your shirt dress with a statement waist cincher or a demure waist belt to accentuate your curves and prevent your shirt dress from looking shapeless. For ladies who are more on the petite side, dare to take on loose-fitting shirt dresses with hemlines which fall above the knees for an organic, effortless, and lethally stylish look.

Details:

Maybe it’s that funky animal print, that asymmetrical hemline, or that quirky concept that the shirt dress was designed after (don’t even get us started on how absolutely ingenious Noir’s surgeon dress is), no matter what it is, go big on the details of your beloved shirt dress as a form of self-expression – or if your accessories decide to go on mini hiatuses on weekends as well.

In accessories

The scarf: Nothing spells comfy better than a printed scarf over an unbelted deconstructed denim shirt dress. Scarves are hands down the best way to bring the snug level in your outfit up a notch.

The bag: For a balanced look, the size of the bag should be inversely proportional to the length of your shirt dress.

The shoes: To add a touch of glamour to liven up the casual ensemble, opt for a pair of glittery flats. Better yet, a pair of glittery sneaker wedges for a little height booster while keeping the comfort at your feet at its maximum too!

Annabelle Chew