Dress of the Day: Zac Posen's 'Cove' satin dress

We know the party season is over at last, and it's time to put away the sequins and stilettos for another year (What, you weren't wearing sequins and stilettos?), but we thought we may as well start the New Year with a bit of a bang, so here's Zac Posen's stunning 'Cove' satin dress. Sure, it's £1,115, but if we start saving now, we can probably be wearing it by next Christmas. Get it at Net-a-Porter.






This is our last
If you really want to get noticed at the Christmas party this year, a short, metallic dress is generally a surefire way to do it.
Coral. It's a colour we struggle with, to be absolutely honest, and while we think this Tibi dress deserves its place as Dress of the Day on grounds of the design, which we love, we have to admit, we'd be loving it a whole lot more if if was a different colour. Any colour.
At first glance, this Oasis dress seemed a little bit out of season to us, because something about the floral print and shape of the dress says "summer" rather than "deep midwinter" to us.
We're cheating a little bit (OK, a big bit) with this dress, because we actually featured the same design as a Dress of the Day
Notice anything familiar?
Once again we find ourselves cursing our tendency to ignore Principles, as we stumble across this lovely gold dress, and discover that it's almost sold out, at 
Especially for those of you not currently looking for a showstopper of a party dress, this little jersey dress by Max C will be easy to pull on and wear anywhere you want - just add boots, tights and a cardigan to keep you warm for daytime use.
On paper - and, indeed, at first glance - this dress probably seems too frou-frou for words.
There are lots of variations of this kind of style around at the moment, and we'd by lying if we didn't admit that £810 seems like a wee bit much to pay for it, but Derek Lam rarely does wrong in our book, and this dress is lovely enough to warrant its position as Dress of the Day, even despite the hefty price tag.

The words "gold lamé" are generally enough to strike fear into The Fashion Police's beating hearts, because they make us think instantly of American Apparel hotpants, and it's taken years of therapy to get rid of those mental images so the last thing we want is to welcome them back with open arms.
We'll be honest: we're not 100% sure about
Seeing as we were just praising Net-a-Porter, we thought it would be fitting to feature a Dress of the Day from there - also, we managed to catch Marc Jacobs at a good moment, and we like to try and encourage him anytime that happens, so here is his heart jacquard dress, £625 at the aforementioned
Yes, it's yet another Black Halo dress. We'll stop making them Dress of the Day when they stop creating dresses that make us wish we were richer so we could just buy then all and have done with it.
For some reason, this dress makes us think of Mischa Barton. Normally that fact alone would be enough for us to send it straight to the Fashion Jail, without passing 'Go' or collecting $200, but we decided to make it 

As the Christmas party season starts to get into gear, any dress that isn't black tends to stand out and grab the attention of The Fashion Police.


We know what you're probably thinking, and yes, you're partly right. This dress is mostly here because of the gorgeous green colour, but it's also the kind of classic, easy-to-wear shape that needs only a great pair of heels and a pretty clutch bag to be one of the most stunning looks of the evening.
If you thought (or, indeed, hoped) the trend for bows on everything was drawing to a close, we hate to be the bearer of bad news, but: it's not.
We don't know if the "blonde bombshell" look being worked by the model in this picture had any influence over our decision to feature 

Sometimes simple really is best. This
Yes, yes, we know what we've said about tartan in the past, but The Fashion Police can be fickle, and although we still hate the traditional "Royal Stewart-esque" look (especially on
Sequin-covered dresses are the kind of thing you have tread very carefully with. Many of them are fashion-criminals-in-waiting, and if you get it wrong, you can end up looking like a cruise ship singer or a Vegas showgirl. Which is fine if you're in one of those professions, of course, but otherwise not such a great look...
We're still loving the 60s-inspired shift dresses that are cropping up everywhere at the moment and this polka-dot dress from the Marc by Marc Jacobs label is a great example of all the things we love about this style, from the simple neckline to the gathered sleeves and short skirt.
This dress may not look like much to write home about in the picture, but we're willing to bet it'll look a whole lot better in person, especially when worn with a pair of high, high heels, and maybe some seamed stockings, to play up that 40s look.
The Fashion Police are partial to the odd bit of flapper-fashion every now and again. So are Miss Selfridge, apparently, hence the appearance of this 
Ah, the colours, the colours! They're as refreshing as a long cold drink on a hot day, aren't they? They're also a really good way to make your dress stand out from all of the LBDs as the Christmas cocktail party, and that fact alone gets
Fashion seems to be going through something of a 60s-inspired stage at the moment, and this is a movement that meets with The Fashion Police's full approval, especially when it means we get to look at lots of lovely little shift dresses.
This is a very simple little dress, but the rich purple colour, and the fact that you'll be able to dress it up and down so easily makes it nice enough for us to feature it here as Dress of the Day.
It's a dress designed only for those with supreme confidence in their figures, but hey, if that sounds like you, the Herve Leger bandage dress is a classic and it'll also have a "molding and sculpting" effect, making you look even better.
The words "heart print" can be a little alarming when used in the same sentence as "dress", conjuring up images of something too twee for words.
Given our love for forties-inspired fashion, 