I know what you’re thinking. The wedding season is here, you want to wear nice summer dresses, but don’t have the comfort of winter layers to hide your mum lumps behind. Perhaps your breast-feeding bosoms need easy access or your mummy waistline a bit more definition, you may want to keep your bingo wings under wraps or your ‘once firm but been through pregnancy’ derrière could enjoy some support.
Throw your style concerns to the wind, get ready to rock the most gorgeous of summer dresses with confidence. It’s all about clever occasion dresses that carve, lift, disguise and suck in those extra inches.
Illusion
Play tricks with their eyes in an optical illusion dress – ta da!
Jonathan Saunders Orange Mirror Pencil Dress, Debenhams £68
Manhattan Jersey Colour Block Dress £60, French Connection *
Ruched
Sensual folds, gathers and draping will artfully flatter your curves.
Twiggy Drape Front Dress £59, M&S *
Alva Mono Dress £160, Coast
Loose
Take your queue from our hippy fore mothers of the 70s and keep your dress loose and flowing.
Richard Nicoll Step Hem Tunic Dress £550, My Wardrobe *
Flower Embellished Kimono Dress £59.50, Asos
Wrap
Much like ruched dresses, wrap styles universally flatter curves.
Aida Silk Wrap Dress £179, Monsoon *
Kilian Kerner Flowers Print Coatdress £59.20, House of Fraser
Lace Sleeves
A feminine cover up for bingo wing, lace sleeves bring sophisti-cat chic to any look.
Benita Printed Dress £130, Phase Eight
Tillie Lace Insert Dress £175, Whistles
Shirt Dress
The shirt dress is a stylish breast feeding mummy’s best friend.
Amaya Shirt Dress £169, Hobbs *
Gingham Shirt Dress £79, Boden
A-Line
The wider silhouette of A-line styles slides off wider mummy hips.
Silk Blend A-line Dress £55, & Other Stories
Crepe Dress £34.99, H&M
Feature image from Vogue China March 2014
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