long lace slip dress Veronica Beard Vernon Maxi | Blue Steel or swap for strappy heels when heading to the club Hayden Lace Slip Dress In

Breathable 100% wool fabric

The reaction to that dress has not slowed down much since

Congresswoman from Alaska

Theyre the wrong shape, the wrong colour, the wrong style, too expensive, too cheap

Back before jaws dropped in 2000, the dress had already debuted months earlier: it was the penultimate look of Donatella Versaces Spring/Summer 2000 collection, shown in Milan in October, with 1,100 pairs of eyes started poring over the pool-blue runway, the deep dcollet of Amber Vallettas tropical-green dress, and the Medusa head twinkling in the background, as The New York Times fashion critic Cathy Horyn wrote at the time

Crafted from 100% breathable linen, this dress drapes beautifully with a swing silhouette that flatters every figure