For Crystal Cawley, a New England artist who works with paper, textiles, collected objects, and all sorts of repurposed material, the story held special meaning
My favorite way to style it: slip dress, chunky sneakers, leather jacket for nights out
Shop Alfalfa Mini Dress Red Check at Princess Polly
American eveningwear has certainly never been at risk of what the late editor and style icon Andr Leon Talley called a famine of beauty. But as a sense of occasion got tied up with safe, predictable silhouettes targeted toward more traditional-leaning clientele (those with deep pockets and a packed social calendar), eveningwear lost its sense of fantasy and, therefore, has lacked in giving its wearers the chance to express themselves or make a real statement
Tree skirt from a round table cloth