Fall 2015 Chloe by Clare Waight Keller Velvet Closing Runway Look 45 Velvet Patchwork Dress designer-ted-lapidus The band adds another 4"

The band adds another 4" at its widest point

In 1975 she patented a pleating process that mimicked the Fortuny pleat but hers was done with polyester fabric instead of silk and the pleating stays permanently

It would be an easy later to fit it down a bit if needed

As soon as I saw it on the dress form it reminded me of a more subdued version of the iconic Charles James clover dress and that way that skirt falls

Everything about this dress is well thought out and it is perfectly constructed

Fall 2015 Chloe by Clare Waight Keller Velvet Closing Runway Look 45 Velvet Patchwork Dress designer-ted-lapidus The band adds another 4"Vogue raved about this show saying that it was Clare's most confident Chloe show to date. The show had a bit of a folksy feel to it and given what we just saw on the recent Chloe runway this feel very relevant still. Clare said after the show that "To be modern, it has to be real. I really wanted to capture something confident, but still with a carefree spirit. I can only describe the Chlo girl as a 'gentlewoman,' wearing guardsmen's coats and