WHAT'S WITH... SHEER FABRICS

 

FOR STARS STEPPING OUT ON THE RED CARPET, IT’S GOT TO BE GOSSAMER, SAYS TV STYLIST HANNAH SANDLING

Thanks to Prada and Alexander McQueen, flamboyant fashionistas are all about gauze and effect. They can’t get enough of sheer and transparent panels on dresses, tops and skirts – and neither should you. As these celebrities prove, delicate fabrics can be daring or demure.

 

How to wear them
* Classy Kate Bosworth shows how sophisticated sheer can be in a LBD with a see-through back. A gauzy black blouse creates the same effect.

 

How not to wear them
* One word. Lingerie. Madonna just gets away with her barely-there dress by wearing a pair of sensible black shorts underneath. But as a Wonderbra model, burlesque babe Dita Von Teese should know better than to go braless.

 

Fabulous fabrics we love (pictured right)
White bow-front blouse, £35, Topshop (Topshop.com).
Shoes, £75, Dune (Dune.co.uk).
Cover-up, £60, Coast at John Lewis (Johnlewis.com).
Shirt, £45, Monsoon (Monsoon.co.uk).
Dress, £90, Oasis (Oasis-stores.com).

 

 

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Photography: Getty, Rex, Studio21photo.com, Pacific Coast News