I recently read Diane von Furstenberg’s book, The Woman I wanted to be. In this she was honest about her intuitive risk-taking such as developing her brand’s cosmetic and fragrance lines, and her resilience when she was confronted by the need to change.  Full credit goes to her who, when starting over and reintroducing her brand at the age of 50, declared ‘beginning again made me feel young and fearless...’

Her most recent change was to hand over the reins of her brand’s artistic endeavours to Scottish designer, Jonathan Saunders.

Saunders has reincarnated the iconic wrap dress through incorporating asymmetrical and bias cut treatments. This styling, together with midi and floor length options, has elongated the silhouette and shifted the traditional emphasis from the wrapped waist.

He has used clever piping detail to infer a wrapping mechanism for example in the Bournier Acid Yellow Bias Midi Dress. He takes the piping from the neckline and follows the asymmetrical line across and down the body, and again from the side of the waist as if gracefully encircling the silhouette.

Saunders has endowed a measure of resilience into the wrap dress that matches that of the brand’s eponymous creator.  I can’t wait to see what they both have in store for us next.