New Styles from Milly

Brunch with your future in-laws. Your boss's annual summer cocktail party. A wedding reception where your ex will be in attendance. Certain events in life require that one look, well, pretty much flawless. And that's when we turn to Milly. Ladylike yet modern, Milly combines classic, feminine silhouettes (think super-flattering shifts, halters and sweeping maxi dresses) with standout prints and luxe, floaty fabrics like silk chiffon. Our current favorites? The flirty Valetta dress and the gilded gorgeousness of the Deep V gown. Need to feel pretty, polished, and pulled-together? Relax and reach for a Milly. Shop all sorts of new Milly styles, right here, at shopbop.

Frill Ride: Ruffles & Tiers Add a Sweet Touch

Remember that ruffled pink dress you had when you were six? Remember begging your mom to let you wear it to the first day of kindergarten, the grocery store, Suzie Nickel's birthday party? Well that dress is back, and it's showing up in oh-so-fashion-forward inspirations. Think ruffles and tiers on dresses and tops from the likes of Susana Monaco, Milly, and Ella Moss. It's the sweet style you've been craving for years. Find it at shopbop.

Fit to Print

Cut, fit, and style are at the essence of every well-designed piece. And while the Little Black Dress and the khaki trench have found signature colors, some other styles inspire exciting color palettes and prints. We have three brands that work wonders with geometrics, paisleys, and florals.

Milly’s beachy sensibility and bright colors make it an obvious choice for summer wear. Tops and dresses, bikinis, shorts, and totes, Milly’s insouciantly busy shapes and saturated colors make for a luxe foray into printed territory.

A shopbop staple, T-Bags’ soft jersey fabric and flattering fit only serve to underscore the ingenuity of the prints. Sometimes small and understated, sometimes large and statement-making, T-Bags prints always showcase inventive palettes and unique patterns.

With basic, ultra-flattering shapes and lightweight, luxe fabrics, Tucker has an understated canvas for its muted bursts of color. Abstract florals abound, and implied animal prints and hasty stripes make an impressive appearance.

Find all these inspired prints, and your own muse, at shopbop.

A Girl Cannes Dream

Many years ago, when I was but a junior in college fresh off a semester abroad in the City of Lights, I foolishly (and accidentally) booked my flight home out of Nice during the very week that neighboring Cannes was hosting its famous festival. Attempting to find a hotel room only a week in advance was my second mistake, and I had to resort to begging a bed off my very kind host mother from the first two weeks of my sojourn.

Sadly, that was my closest brush with the glamorous event, but it’s been enough to arouse a delusional sense of “I’ve been there” at the beginning of the festival every year since. Today kicks off the 2008 run, promising a flock of Hollywood A-listers and their international counterparts, as well as a red carpet that rivals the Oscars and lasts eleven days longer. The always insightful style.com took a look at the festival’s fashions through the years, and it got me thinking (okay, daydreaming) about the dresses I’d wear were I to attend the star-studded event.

First and foremost I’d don the Jovovich-Hawk Paloma Long Dress (pictured above). It’s old Hollywood glamour and incredible comfort (a necessity of luxury, per Ms. Chanel) rolled into one. Day two would find me in Milly’s Coin Beaded Long Halter Dress for a beachy take on elegance, and day three would be reserved for a little sass in the Vera Wang Lavender Label Sequined Sheath. Days four and five would return to glamour with Alice + Olivia’s Beaded Cross Chest Long Dress and Jovovich-Hawk’s Mina Dress. But what about days six through twelve, you ask? That’s when I’d ditch the flash bulbs in favor of the blue waters and picturesque beaches this coast is known for.

It’s a dream perfumed with champagne and sea spray, and I won’t be letting it go anytime soon. Because, let’s face it, everything’s a little more romantic en français.