I decided to travel to the USA wearing a brown MaxMara dress, White House Black Market jacket and tan suede Wittner heels.

I was very happy with how well the dress travelled over more than 13 hours flying time. The material blend of viscose and jersey meant that it didn’t cling, ride up or crush, and it looked as good as when I put it on by the time we arrived at LA.

It also helped to keep me looking composed during a 40 minute stint in US Customs and Border Control after I was rejected at the fingerprint scan stage and both the dress and heels kept pace when I then had to sprint for our connecting flight to Las Vegas!

Still looking unruffled, the dress carried me through until the next morning when our luggage finally caught up with us! Welcome to America!

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