Survey says? Paneled dresses are hot! Think bold color blocking, lace insets, and cleverly placed strips of fabric that either reveal or conceal, as needed.At left: Baby Phat; this photo courtesy nymag.com; other runway pics via style.com except where noted
Balenciaga
Chado Ralph Rucci
Cher Michel Klein, via vogue.fr
Cushnie et Ochs, via nymag.com
Derercuny
Malo, via nymag.com
Jil Sander
Giles
Dries Van Noten
Think about a paneled frock to round out your current wardrobe!Diane von Furstenberg Jacinta dress, at chickdowntown.com.
Opening Ceremony lace panel wool shift, at ronherman.com.
Cynthia Steffe Sloan color block dress. Visit neimanmarcus.com.
American Retro Landing dress at my-wardrobe.com.
Tofu silk sheer panel layered flute sleeve dress, at asos.com.
Richard Nicoll contrast panel dress; this and next 4 at net-a-porter.com.
Development Fitzgerald lavender tank dress
Missoni sleeveless floral panel shift
Jonathan Saunders Somerby dress
Missoni color block dress
Tory Burch Venna dress (at right). Go to toryburch.com.
Yves Saint Laurent wool tweed panel top and pencil skirt, at Neiman Marcus
Rachel Roy Liza dress; this and next at shopbop.com.
Last Look: L.A.M.B. Belgrave multi-strap leather boot with hidden platform.Panelicious!
Hope everyone had a very merry Christmas!
xoxox,
CC
Hi CC,
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely lot of modern, but very elegant dresses!
Great!
xoxo: Janet
happy holidays cc!
ReplyDeletei always think calvin klein does amazing color panels + blocking.
xx.
vine a dejarte un beso grande por Navidad y a desearte lo mejor para el Año Nuevo. Un abrazo grande
ReplyDeletei hope you had a lovely christmas! that first dress if fantastic!
ReplyDeletexoxo,
La C.
Some really lovely examples here, dear CC. You are definitely on the panel of fashion experts.
ReplyDeleteHi there-the Dries Van Noten is soo gorgeous!! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas too!
ReplyDeleteHot indeed! Your selections are always spot on! Excellent work, yet again x
ReplyDeleteYou always have the best posts! I love the see through one. really interesting! :) Merry xmas!
ReplyDeleteoo these are really fun, I want one!
ReplyDeletePanels are so cool! Everytime I hear the word oanels though, I keep thinking "solar panel" lol. I love the Balenciaga one.
ReplyDeletesimply awesome.. the dresses are fabolous. i love the one from Giles and Balenciaga
ReplyDeletePanels in just the right place are quite slimming... hmmmmm... what locations would be best... minimize thighs... minimize junk of trunk... oooooh... good to accentuate areas too... WOW... nice breasts... ooh la la!
ReplyDeleteHope you had a wonderful holiday too!
Fifi
Wonderful images as always. I love the panels which protect the models modesty, that's how I would wear it. Hope you had a fabulous Christmas honey x
ReplyDeleteHmmm, thank you again for calling my attention for something, my dear.
ReplyDeleteSome of those dresses are so gorgeous!!! Hmmm... I must think maybe of something DIY...
Hope you'll have a nice holidays season until New Year
xoxo
CC hope you have a very happy holiday. so funny, i was just looking at the same pair of lamb boots.
ReplyDeleteCC hope you had a beautiful xmas dear! love all these panelled pieces.My faves are the austere Jil Sander design and the futuristic Balenciaga.
ReplyDeletebig kiss,
marian
very cute pictures, very true. i made a similar dress:)
ReplyDeletemerry days //bec
I am positively drooling over those gorgeous boots.
ReplyDeleteI hope your holiday was fantastic C.C.!
xo
such a timeless style. and it's one that is so "how on earth do you wear that in real life?" so thank you for the adorable suggestions. just gorgeous.
ReplyDeletexx
Nothing thrilled me till we got to the boots, but those thrilled me a lot!
ReplyDeletei'm kind of drawn to the red and black dress with the white belt.
ReplyDeleteI love this. So my style!
ReplyDeletei loveee panels with mesh lace and satin
ReplyDeleteyumm<3
Happy Holidays!
ReplyDeleteLove those boots!
Thanks for sharing
xoxo
ash
very modern and gorgeous!
ReplyDeletei always love the choices of your post--feels like dream--if i can own them, i can enjou watching then ;-) love the Rucci pair and those LAMB boots!!! hope u xmas went well!!!
ReplyDeletexoxox
stella
I hadn't even thougth of panels until now. Cool.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the wonderful comment. Thank you for your encouragement. Greatly apreciated.
Wishing you a great new year!
Ooh those boots!
ReplyDeletethe panels are quite strategically used in Rucci dress aren't they?
ReplyDeleteLooks very futuristic I think :) Love the red and black one and the boots
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Happy holidays!
Hola!
ReplyDeleteGracias =)
Qué tal vas con el Español?? jeje
Me encantan los 4 primeros outfits :P
1beso!!!
Byee
I love how some designers have made the look very space age. This look is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful dresses, for real, darling.
ReplyDeleteFM
I'm so happy to discover Fifi Flowers, thanks ! And I like orange legs !
ReplyDeletewow i could wear most of these dresses!
ReplyDeleteLove this trend ever since I saw it a few seasons ago, it's sad that it hasn't really picked up in my local city :( Jill Sander embodies this trend perfectly, while I'm pleasantly surprised by how cool and modest that Baby Phat dress was!
ReplyDeleteIt's so cool how shear panneling as been around since the 80s, but still manages to look oh so chic in 2008-2009.
ReplyDeleteI love that black dress half way down, net to the pink. It's so innovative. Great post as usual!
It was fun going to your recent posts after being away for a while. I hope your Christmas was a equally fabulous! Happy New Year CC!