corset dress formal Ladivine CD2408 Fitted Gown with Bustier Corset-Style Bodice and Leg Slit Black / 4 fitting fabric Sarah Champagne Corset Formal Maxi

Today I get stopped by old ladies who comment positively on my style (I may lean slightly fuddy some days), female colleagues complement my style, and male colleagues ask for style advice (usually with the caveat no sport coat, though)

Style #D5740OG

The dress literalizes an all too familiar trope - that women are just pieces of meat - and the contrast between the female body and the hunks of beef strewn about it seemingly negates the metaphor by calling attention to it

The dressing is a simple combination of mayonnaise, sour cream, garlic, fresh tarragon, parsley, chives, a smidge of olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper and anchovy paste (optional)

One of my projects is to look around current fashion an pinpoint how modern designers have utilized these details in different ways