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ALTUZARRA COLLABORATES WITH MATCHESFASHION

With a collection of five tailored shirt dresses Altuzarra announces its collaboration with luxury retailer, matchesfashion.com

Each dress designer Joseph Altuzarra dedicates to 5 muses.

-Floor-length, pinstriped version is an ode to Phillipino stylist Liz Uy
-Black and white striped incarnation is made with Italian designer Giorgia Tordini
-Navy and berry pink striped dress was created for British environmentalist Sheherazade Goldsmith
-Last two dresses were inspired by fashion director Caroline Issa and author Zadie Smith.

A shirtdress is a style of dress that borrows details from a man's shirt. Shirt dresses were sometimes called "shirtwaist dresses" when they were fashionable during the 1950s. The 1950s version of the shirtdress was launched as part of Christian Dior's post–World War II "New Look" couture designs, with a full skirt held up by wearing a crinoline.


It's no surprise why Altuzarra chose the shirt dress for his limited edition capsule. The shirt dress is an often look on runways each season.