Designer A-Z 
Anna Sui
Swinging Sixties
With Suki Waterhouse, known for her candescent mod look rumoured to be the new face of Burberry the GMD office have been getting into the sixties vibe. Looking towards icons such as Twiggy and Mary Quant, GMD have rounded up our favourite sixties inspired cocktail dresses, prom dresses and ball gowns!
The A-line shift dress is key to securing this look which is why our Anna Sui, Lace Assented Dress is the perfect contender. Classic, sleek and timeless, dress up with a pair of knee high boots and become a true sixties chick!
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Prints were big in the sixties, particularly with the flower power notion making a loud statement. Hire our Alice and Olivia Tabitha Print Dress for a youthful sixties vibe – scattered in multicoloured florals guaranteed to make a striking impression.
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Staying with the Hippie vibe, maxi dresses were also a popular choice in the sixties, creating that bohemian look. Channel this with our Marnay Dress by Acne, with dramatic draping, sheer inserts and a drawstring waist, sure to embrace attention.
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Tell us what you think about Suki becoming the new face of Burberry and your favourite sixties chick look!
Cocktail Hour
The cocktail dress is the most versatile gown in a woman’s wardrobe, taking them from drinks soiree to wedding reception. Always creating a clean but powerful silhouette and becoming a signifier of femininity.
The GMD team have picked 4 favourites that they are lusting over for spring summer, ensuring that you’ll be leaving a lasting impression no matter what the occasion.
Our first pick for spring summer is our new in, Marc by Marc Jacobs Tootsie Print Dress. With a lovely blue and pink pattern and a belted waist it is the perfect figure flattering dress for summer. Pair with tan wedges for summer time sophistication.
Second on our lust list is our Alice and Olivia Candice Print Dress. With an all over lemon print and open back, this dress is sure to become the definition of summer! Colour block with an orange clutch to make a city sleek statement.
Our third pick is the Anna Sui Lace Accented Dress. With its sleek streamlined silhouette and nude colouring it is a true classic. Timeless, feminine and modern – the go to shift for summer.
Our fourth and final pick is our Mary Katrantzou India Jersey Dress. If you’re looking to make an impact at cocktail hour this is the dress for you. Mixing tropical birds with geometric lines and bold colours it needs little embellishment. Let the figure hugging dress do the talking and soak up the attention!
Tell us your favourite cocktail dresses for spring summer!
Girls on Dresses- Abisola, aka Abimarvel, on the Objects of her Dress (Hire) Desires, & Dresses of Eras Past
Abisola Omole, a fashion, lifestyle & entertainment writer, stylist, and photographer (the girl’s certainly got talent!) lists the lust-objects currently at the centre of her dress crush! The author of www.abimarvel.com a blog that combines creative musings on all the latest trends, photography, lifestyle, and entertainment, Abisola’s talents as a blogess have seen her get to the final stage of the handbag.com online fashion awards
Your first ever dress was: Gosh. I suppose my earliest memory was when I was 6 and is that of a lilac dress that stopped just below my knees. It was from Macy’s New York, the actual brand, I’m unsure about, but it had this cute brocade top to it, then a silk skirt. It was short sleeved and just quite lovely. I remember being in grand central station and this random well dressed man came up to me & my family and said he liked my dress and handed me this brand new perfume bottle, ’til this day I still wear the perfume.
Your oldest dress: A simply stripey jersey dress I bought from Warehouse, that I have worn way too much! I bought it around 3 or 4 years ago, believe it or not, I don’t have many clothes now from before then.
Your most expensive dress: I’m not a huge spender (yet), being so young and all, but I recently bought a quant little dress from Whistles that cost £95. Actually now that I think about it, my prom dress cost just under £300, so that would be the most expensive dress.
Seen the most dancefloors: A slinky creamy coloured dress I bought from ASOS. It’s slightly loose at the bottom, goes in, in the middle then flows down to just above me knee. It’s a keeper.
photo by Lisa Devlin
Favourite dress: It’s a simple cream summer dress that has a pretty floral embellishment on the body part, with an overly flowy skirt. It’s sleeveless and perfect for summer! It’s from ASOS.
What was the last event you wore a dress to and what did you wear? I would say the last, proper event I went to was my birthday party a couple weeks ago to which I wore this ASOS Stripe Shirt Dress, which was such a great buy! It’s a super lovely dress.
Mini or Maxi? Ooh that’s a hard one, I don’t want to be obvious and say ‘it depends on the situation’ but it kinda does. Okay, here goes, I’m going to say maxi.
Who are your red carpet idols? Who always gets it right? Easy, I’d say Cate Blanchett, Zoe Saldana, Anne Hathaway. Cate’s red carpet style is my favourite, whether she’s wearing a magnificent gown by Givenchy or a vintage Christian Lacriox, she always looks out of this world!
What is your most memorable dress moment? Wearing a dark sweeping maxi dress to the first day of fashion week last season. It was a weird moment because I thought, ‘oh dear, people are goingto think I’m a complete spectacle and that I should keep it a lot more simple for fashion week’, but it worked and I got loads of complements, which I didn’t expect. I almost didn’t wear it, in fear that I trip over it as I was walking on the cobbled Somerset house pavements, but alas, I survived.
Which dress would be top of your Girl Meets Dress hire lust list? It would probably be the Carven drape detail dress. It’s a lovely colour, great shape and seems to fit really well and wouldgo from a day to night outfit, oh so easily. Though the patterned shirt dress by Anna Sui, is simply divine. I literally can’t stop looking at it!
As someone who always has a new event to attend – how would Girl Meets Dress dress hire complement your life? Wow, in so many ways. I know some people think it’s a myth that people in fashion don’t like to wear the same dress twice, but it really isn’t. Whenever you see red carpet stars or editors at events, you never say, ‘oh she wore that last time’ because she never has and will probably never wear it again – well at least not to a high profile, paparazzi snapping event, so for me, with all the events I go to, Girl Meets Dress provides me with the opportunity to not only have to never worry about wearing the same dress twice to an event, but to look amazing whilst wearing them!
Find Abisola on Twitter: @abimarvel
