Red Dresses Offer Versatility and Figure-Flattering Styles

Red dresses are perfect for many special occasions, as well as everyday wear.

A red dress flatters many skin tones -- perhaps because there are so many shades and tones of this primary color. A little blue creates deep-hued reds that flatter pale complexions.

Add orange for shades of red that flatter autumn skin tones.

Dilute scarlet with white and you have dreamy tones of berry and fucshia. Add black, and we have maroon.

Rarely is a dress so perfectly designed to minimize figure flaws as Chadwick’s Colorblock Sheath, top left. The wide red olumn draws the eye to a slimming focus point, while the black sections fade into the background. Long darts create gentle shaping.

Red Dress Is Easy to Accessorize

Spiegel does red in a long slim dress in an elegant silk-cashmere blend, part of its Signature Collection of fashion dresses, left.

A red dress is perfect for Valentine’s Day, Christmas and New Year, the Fourth of July, and any event where you want to shine and be remembered.

Many older women prefer sleeves. Alternatives are a sweater or gloriously soft shawl – perhaps pashmina, silk, or a blend.

Chadwick’s faux wrap, right, is another figure-flattering design in washable polyester-Spandex. The cross-over front with a V-neckline ensures this fashion dress goes from office to dinner with style.

Red dresses are splendidly versatile. They may be accessorized with:

  • black
  • white
  • gray
  • some shades of tan
  • navy blue and other darker shades of blue
  • darker shades of purple and plum, especially those with some red base in them
  • very dark green
  • silver
  • gold

    Red dresses are a fashion must, just like the perfect little black dress.

    Wear Scarlet If You're Going Out Tonight and to the Office Today

    Left to right, Chadwick’s Sculpture Dress has been featured on Good Morning AmericaSculptural details and surplice neckline are eye-catching.

    Newport News offers a pink raspberry off-the-shoulder peasant style fashion dress, center.

    Chadwick’s black-and-red print faux wrap dress features with side ruching and cap sleeves.

    Cover Up with Red Pashmina
    Or Yummy Leather Jacket

    Princess seaming creates a sleek, fitted silhouette in a smooth, supple collarless lambskin leather jacket, below left.

    Prices for super-soft pashmina shawls have never been better. List price of $79 is reduced to $22.99 for clearance. It comes in 37 colors, including Baby Blue, Beige, Bottle Green, Burnt orange, Celadon Green, Century Blue, Charcoal, Chocolate, Deep Coral, Fushcia, Golden Camel, Indian Maroon, Inky Navy, Mint Green, Periwinkle, Pistachio, Raspberry, Sea Blue, Shrimp, Teal, Tiffney Blue, Turquoise, Vanilla, Wine.

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