Fashion has gone all superheroes on us with the cape dresses trend. If it’s good enough for Batman is sure is good enough for all the fashion forward individuals out there.
Cape dresses are bang on trend this season thanks to Lupita Nyong’o who initiated this trend when she wore a cape like Ralph Lauren gown at the global awards. This trend was also spotted on Gwyneth Paltrow back in 2012 when she wore a white Tom Ford gown to the Oscar awards.
This trend has now been revived and we have already spotted it on autumn-winter 2014 runways and a number of celebrities rocking it. Cape dress is the perfect statement piece that will make you stand out from the crowd.
Get inspired by these celebrities on how to rock your cape dress.
Orange off the shoulder cape dress: Lupita Nyong’o wore a Ralph Lauren Audrey cape evening dress at the global awards. Her dress features cape wraps from shoulder to shoulder and off the shoulder hemline.
Black cape dress with bold coloured heels: Jodi Albert paired her black cape dress with yellow heels for a pop of colour to her outfit when she attended 2014 Brit Awards.Tess Daily wore a black cape dress which features sheer V-shape plunging neckline, she finished off her look with a pair of red stilettos heels and snakeskin clutch. Laura Whitmore looked every inch a lady in an elegant black dress at the Investec Epsom Derby. The presenter paired her black caped mini dress with towering nude peep toe heels, a statement black fascinator and an oversized black-and-white envelope clutch as she watched the races in Epsom Downs
Maxi floral cape dress: Katy Perry wore a Dolce & Gabbana floral cape dress when she attended the night changed America Grammy salute Beatles. P/s not too keen on this dress on her.
White is the new black: This trend was also spotted on Gwyneth Paltrow back in 2012 when she wore a white Tom Ford cape gown to the Oscar awards.
Go bold or go home: Cara Santata looked fabulous at the launch of her new fashion blog CaraDisclothed. She wore a fuchsia cape dress with a pair of gold toe ankle boots from Carmen Steffens keeping her accessories simple with just silver earrings.
Cape over a dress: I wore an embellished cape & dress by O’Nitaa at the Bloggers catwalk show (Catwalk4change). I completed my outfit with cream sandals.
Velvet maxi dress with a cape: Katy Perry wore a Naeem Khan autumn 2013 burgundy velvet gown with embellished cape to the ninth annual Snowflake Ball at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.
1950s butterfly cape dress: Alexa Chung wore a flutterby cape dress by Valentino at Milan Fashion Week which she teamed up with nude suede heels with ankle strap fastening for a 1950-60s look. Her dress featured above the knee hemline.
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