Normal People’s Marianne Sheridan in bike-ride-on-a-baking-hot-day-in-Italy mode.Once, the phrase Little Black Dress conjured images of Audrey Hepburn looking the epitome of polished elegance or Princess Diana, revenge dressed up to the nines.
But we’re getting to the point now where the L in LBD could as easily stand for Lazy or Laid-back.Maybe it’s because few of us can now imagine an occasion which might require a traditional LBD, but black has gone from signalling sharp chic to languid cool – not that I feel languid or cool right now, with sweat dripping from places I never knew I could sweat from – but I like to think my no-fuss outfit might go a little way to forming some impression of effortless style.Culottes, £79, WhistlesMaybe.
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