prom and formal dresses Lace Sweetheart Spaghetti Straps Satin Split this dress combines modern design with classic elegance Primavera Couture 4523 Beaded Slit

While they were invented as part of a uniform for gold miners on the west coast of America around the turn of the 20th century, they were reborn in the 50s as a staple of casual, anti-conformist dress

Style with delicate strappy heels and minimal jewellery to maintain the dress as the focal point

Choose her shoes, bottoms, tops and hats

From satin maxi dresses with knee-high boots for date night, to knitted dresses with chunky biker boots for cosy autumn/winter dressing, and an LBD with heeled ankle boots for any outing in between, there are plenty of dress-and-boot combos that work

From statement bows to Regency era cuts, this list covers the long and the short of it

Bold colors, geometric patterns, and novelty prints reflected the eras penchant for individual expression