HALSTON HERITAGE (Los Angeles) Cape Back Dress

Greek chic: an otherwise simple silhouette, this Halston Heritage dress comes equipped with a Grecian-inspired back cape that will give its wearer a gorgeous feeling of luxuriant relaxation.

With its simultaneously retro and modern look and figure-friendly silhouette, we can see it fast becoming your new favourite!

Highlight this covetable creation with hair up-swept hair and gilded accents.

(RRP £265)

*Available in other colours.

This season, capes are making their move again across the fashion spectrum.

VANESSA BRUNO Cape Sleeve Dress

Vanessa Bruno is one of those French designers who’s so perfect that all the ladies we know are always drooling over her clothes in their flawlessness.
Cape-sleeved pieces are a subtle interpretation of the kimono sleeve, and we’ve always been a huge fan of that trend. With dramatic yet comfortable sleeves, a nipped-in waist, and a universally flattering length, this design by Vanessa Bruno would look good on anyone.


P.S.: Not only does Bruno produce lust-after items season after season, but the serene beauty of her creations spills over into her poetic campaigns as well. This one is for Spring/Summer 2010.

(WARNING: This clip will make you want to move to Paris, wear your hair in a messy bun, and prance around in lacey camisoles and delicate pastels to the sounds of piano virtuoso Gonzales. And dang, who else but Lou Dillon to make stomping around in a cloud of chalk dust look so cool?)

ELIE TAHARI Caped Silk Dress

Capes. Say the word, & images of masked super-heros (& heroines) mid-flight are what immediately pops into many people's minds.
The fact is, by its fluid shaping, restricting people from seeing the wearer's form, the cape style exudes such a level of refinement & secrecy to the wearer. It is abstract, yet classy & affluent.
With so many big names reinventing this old-school style, the "Caped Crusader" look has been taking over runways, entering wardrobes around the world &, as fashion editor & trendsetter Tania Braukamper states, making it as "a major 2010 fashion trend".
You won’t find Batgirl or Wonder Woman with this gala-red crepe de chine Elie Tahari dress -- just superb tailoring, & a dramatic silhouette that conveys nothing but romance & modern evening elegance.
Maximise your look with an obi belt (like the model), or wear it as it is with dazzling peep-toe slingbacks & an embellished clutch.
Just try it on & you'll be won over with its cool sophistication!