A dress for all seasons

Feb 15 2007 by Laura Davis, Liverpool Daily Post

Fashions come and go but some things never go out of style. Laura Davis reports

Black/grey tulip dress, £390. All clothes from Anna Sui

IT SEEMS that there's no getting rid of the dress. It was the hot wardrobe must-have last spring/summer, then it was the autumn/winter staple and now it is next season's key item. 

Hemlines are short, but can be worn over the ubiquitous leggings or trousers if you don't want to flash any leg.

Cream silk pattern dress, £460

There are plenty of styles to choose from - butter-wouldn't-melt tea dresses, Austenesque empire lines or futuristic sculpted shapes.
 
Fabric goes from one extreme to the other, either block colour or intricately patterned.

Silk spot baby doll net dress, £280

* THE Walker, one of the finest art galleries in Europe, is the setting for this week's fashion shoot. It houses outstanding collections of British and European art, from 1300 to the present day. Rich in European Old Masters, Victorian and Pre-Raphaelite paintings and modern British work, the gallery is free and open daily from 10am-5pm.

lauradavis@dailypost.co.uk