I don’t want to alarm you but you should probably know, if you don’t already, that the floral midi dress is officially Over. The gentle, benign dress with sleeves in a nice print, with a hint of shape but nothing tight or tricky, has been banished, just as we are seeking a route out of winter layers into something more springlike.
And here’s the thing. It has been banished not by an 18-year-old on TikTok, or by some grand Hollywood stylist, but by John Lewis, would you believe it. The department store made a gentle but firm announcement at the press launch of its spring styles that the jolly, spriggy, comfy flower-print calf-length dress is no longer what they are suggesting one wears.
