How the West wasn't won

An infallible guide to good dressing:  walk into a room full of people, and if the place falls pindrop quiet, you're either the sheriff come to clean up this town, or the dress you're wearing has startled the company into a highly discomfited silence. (If you are indeed the sheriff, your attire is most unlikely to intimidate the Clantons, Mr Earp.)


I suspect this frock will precipitate a deathly hush in the most swinging of parties.  This is handy if you have a portentous announcement to make, like 'FIRE!' for example, but otherwise the conversation will awkwardly resume after a moment or two, with a kind lady asking if you're alright and is this the first time you've been out since the breakdown?

River Island, £35.