Four ways to style your little balck dress

We’ve all got a little black dress, and we all love to wear it, because classics become classics for a reason. The LBD is sophisticated yet simple, flattering yet unpretentious. There’s just one thing wrong … it can become boring! Not for anybody else, but for us, the wearer of the dress - sometimes we sigh when we look at our LBD and that’s the time to try a fresh new look without breaking the bank.

Bag your LBD

We love this idea - the right bag completely changes the look of a little black dress. For summer, try pairing your dress with a large raffia clutch and a broad brimmed straw hat. Rope heeled espadrilles complete this casual but elegant look. For a statement of style try court-heeled shoes, a patent leather shoulder bag and gloves - an air of almost regal elegance will result.

Waist not want not

A belt is the simplest and sometimes the most effective way to reprise your LBD. The options are endless: a wide cummerbund style belt with a string of pearls is effortlessly classic evening wear; a sash of tribal material or animal print, teamed with boots and a suede jacket gives you a striking outfit for a day’s shopping, while a gilt belt with metallic stilettos and a statement necklace will change your office little black dress into something seductive for cocktails after work.

Jacket juggle

Nothing alters the look of an LBD more than a jacket. A cream velvet or fun-fur cape around the shoulders creates an Audrey Hepburn look - svelte but not sexy. A black leather bomber jacket and killer heels is exactly the opposite - sophistication with a grown-up edginess. You can even throw a hoodie over your little black dress and pull on some Converse trainers … it really works!

Hermes scarf trick

Summer Breeze Tote Bag

Bride de Cour Canard, Hermes

Above all though, we love the Hermes scarf trick. From the moment we saw this on How to Wear a Hermes Scarf, we were on a quest to find the ideal Hermes scarf for each of our bags and while we won’t bore you with every permutation we came up with, we do think we have an outright winner. Summer Breeze is one of our best selling bags, and we think it is perfectly complemented by the  Bride de Cour Canard scarf in yellow. The clever way that tying the scarf to the neckline of the dress completely alters the appearance of this classic garment is nothing short of astonishing, and the way the scarf and bag enhance each other is lovely. Our LBD will never bore us again!

By Kay Sexton

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