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High street fashion brand Next has released a series of new collections, inspiring shoppers with holiday wear in summer-ready colours. I recently tried on one dress and fell in love with it in seconds. It’s the perfect piece for many occasions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Puff-Sleeve Midi Dress in Bright Red<\/a> is a flattering midi number that flows nicely to just above the ankle. It has a gathered waist with an elasticated band to keep the silhouette in a desirable hourglass shape. The dress retails at \u00a336,<\/span> but the smooth fabric and elegant cut made me think it was more expensive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The short puff sleeves sit comfortably at mid-length on my arms, perfect to hide any arm concerns<\/a> without the elasticated cuffs digging into the skin. With the gathered drapes sitting high at the waist, it creates an illusion that I look taller than 5ft3in.<\/p>\n The bright red stood out to me when I was browsing in the shop. After a try-on, I fell in love with it, and I could see shoppers wearing it to fancy luncheons or attending special events.\u00a0<\/p>\n Unlike many premium clothing brands, the Next dress does not have any zip fastening and the elasticated waist gives a flexibility to the wearer. But one thing that I found uncomfortable with is the missing pockets, how convenient would that be if there were side pockets for a lippy or tissue.<\/p>\n Red dresses are popular in summer and this Finery Camille Red Chiffon Midi Dress<\/a> (\u00a359) is nearly sold out and Boden’s Cressida Jersey Shirt Dress<\/a>, \u00a364.50 with code 7N7G, features a polo shirt bodice and flowy skirt hem.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n What makes the Next dress stands out is the possiblility to maximise the value of a dress for its number of wears. I could see shoppers at different age to wear the piece and they can dress up or down. It goes well with a nice pair of kitten heels and a clutch bag for a dinner date; but it also looks nice with sandals as Lorraine Kelly showed us how she kept her cool with the M&S sandals with the pink Forever New dress<\/a>.<\/p>\n This Sunny Emma sandals<\/a>, \u00a365, would be a perfect match with the Next dress along with a Natural Jute Shoulder Bag<\/a>, \u00a342. The Puff Sleeve Midi Dress is available from UK6 to UK26 in regular length and UK10 to UK20 in tall. If red is not the go-to colour, there is also Navy Blue Floral as alternative.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" High street fashion brand Next has released a series of new collections, inspiring shoppers with holiday wear in summer-ready colours. I recently tried on one dress and fell in love with it in seconds. It’s the perfect piece for many occasions.\u00a0 The\u00a0Puff-Sleeve Midi Dress in Bright Red is a flattering midi number that flows nicely […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[651],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshsites.download\/celenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29594"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshsites.download\/celenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshsites.download\/celenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshsites.download\/celenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshsites.download\/celenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/freshsites.download\/celenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshsites.download\/celenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshsites.download\/celenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshsites.download\/celenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshsites.download\/celenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}