Fashion

Minimal effort: how the right dress can transform your wardrobe this season

The spring/summer Brown Thomas show was strictly for grown ups, with an array of simple yet striking dresses setting the tone for the season

At the Brown Thomas spring/summer showing: dress by Zimmerman, shoes by Bottega Veneta

“Fashion has taken a sophisticated turn,” Shelly Corkery, director of fashion buying at Brown Thomas, says. She’s speaking at the luxury retailer’s spring/summer showing, which took place in a vacant office space at Sir John Rogerson’s Quay in Dublin last Tuesday.

The minimal set-up worked; with a mix of trends speaking to a mature mood set by artful tailoring, lean silhouettes and embellishment solely where required. “We saw that clean, lean look across dresses today,” ...