The ‘Icons On Style’ series is here to celebrate quintessential fashion items and the people who made them so.
words by LUCY BULLING • Fashion
DO WE EVEN NEED TO TELL YOU HOW THE OFF-THE-SHOULDER DRESS IS PERSONIFIED BY MARILYN? OR THAT IT IS AN ICONIC STYLE CHOICE? PROBABLY NOT, BUT WE WILL…
‘Icons On Icons’ is a series dedicated to the fashion pieces that have become as synonymous with style as the luminary responsible for thrusting them into the fashion zeitgeist. From classic beauty trends to your most worn and loved wardrobe staples – Icons On Icons is here to remind you why some superstars and silhouettes will forever be remarked as a true fashion icon.
Fawned over by the masses even beyond her death, we (the fashion crowd) owe more than we know to Ms Monroe. Especially the Off-The-Shoulder dress. Nothing says sultry and seductive, sophisticated and suave like a décolletage baring off-the-shoulder number. Let us take style cues from the sexiest of them all; Marilyn Monroe’s penchant for this design is proof there is always a time and a place for a little shoulder free moment.
1/17
HALF PENNY LONDON
Kelly off-the-shoulder satin midi dress, $2345 at Net-A-Porter
2/17
Dolce & gabbana
Off-the-shoulder polka dot silk blend dress, $3127 at FarFetch
3/17
DANIELLE FRANKEL
Off-the-shoulder silk and wool-blend mini dress, $4990 at Net-A-Porter
4/17
Caroline Constas
Bardot off-the-shoulder striped cotton-blend midi dress, $416.50 at Net-A-Porter
5/17
Caroline COnstas
Titos off-the-shoulder cotton and silk-blend satin mini dress, $416.50 at Net-A-Porter
6/17
BOrgo De Nor
Adelita floral-print off-the-shoulder cotton dress, $517 at MatchesFashion
7/17
AMUR
Odessa Off the Shoulder Polka Dot Silk Maxi Dress, $698 at Nortstrom
8/17
ALTUZARRA
Stansfield Off-the-Shoulder Knit Midi Dress, $995 at SaksFifthAvenue
9/17
ALEXA CHUNG
Floral Puff-Sleeve Dress, $435 at Farfetch
10/17
alexa chung
Green Falling Strap Dress, $158 at Ssense
11/17
A.W.A.K.E MODE
Off-The-Shoulder Pleated Crepe de Chine Maxi Dress, $662.54 at Net-A-Porter
12/17
JASON WU
Cold-Shoulder Grosgrain-Trimmed Crepe Dress, $797.50 at Net-A-Porter
13/17
rebecca valance
Mondrian Off-The-Shoulder Crepe Midi Dress, $327 at Net-A-Porter
14/17
prada
Off The Shouder Dress, $2410,00 at Sakss Fifth Avenue
15/17
lela rose
Off-The-Shoulder Cloqué Midi Dress, $1,193.50 on SALE at Net-A-Porter
16/17
prada
Floral-Print Off-the-Shoulder Silk Dress, $3400 at Bergdorf Goodman
17/17
Sleeper
Atlanta off-the-shoulder shirred gingham linen midi dress, $320 at Net-A-Porter
