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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Entertainment
Amy Francombe

Why you need a LRD (Little Red Dress) this summer

The thing about red dresses is that they’re hard to miss. So when a slew of style-setting A-listers stepped out wearing them over the past few weeks, it had the fashion world questioning: is the little red dress (LRD) the new LBD?

Case in point: over the weekend global popstar Selena Gomez sported a stunning strapless Bottega Veneta red mini dress adorned in leather-shaped petals. First seen in the label’s spring 2023 collection, the singer accessorised it with a strappy pair of Magda Butryum heels that featured the same red detailing as the dress. At the time of writing, it has over 13 million likes on Instagram - proving social media armchair critics were equally delighted.

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