Fashion: Be a dedicated follower of fashion

Aug 7 2008 by Laura Davis, Liverpool Daily Post

Laura Davis shows you how to be a groovy chick with the dip-dye dress this summer

Above left: Chiffon two- tone dress, right, £40 reduced to £20. Above Right: Pink dress, £20 reduced to £15.

WHERE would designers in the noughties be without previous decades to play with?

This time, it’s the turn of the late 60s, but before you dedicated followers of fashion leap into action, take note – this summer sees a subtle version of the look in the form of the dip-dye dress.

Less OTT than the tie-dye version, this two-tone fabric can be glammed up for more formal occasions or worn barefoot on the beach.

Above left: Frill dye  dress, left,  £30 reduced  to £20. Above Right: Ra-ra strap dress, £50 reduced to £20.

Keep it simple with just a few accessories or add a belt to cinch in the waist.

* THE stage set for Eight Miles High, at the Royal Court, is the setting for this week’s fashion shoot.

Right: Maxi dress,  £35 to £15.

Converted into an outdoor festival, indoors, the stage has been turfed over with blossom trees spreading their branches out towards the audience.

Written and directed by Jim Cartwright, the show is set during a music festival in 1968 with the actors performing as a band as well as carrying out their roles in the plot.

The show runs until August 16.

Notes

Location: Royal Court, Liverpool; box office: 0870 787 1866

Model: Hollie Swain of Boss, www.bossmodelmanagement.co.uk

Right: Right: Pleat halter neck dress, £35 reduced to £15.

Photographer: Richard Williams

Stylist: Laura Davis

Hair: Tammy, at Voodou, 98, Bold Street, Liverpool

Make-up: Lottie Davies, of MAC, Metquarter, Liverpool

Stockist: Rare, www.rarefashion.co.uk

lauradavis@dailypost.co.uk