LaPointe Mother of the Bride Dresses: Gowns, Colours and Fit
The LaPointe gowns and separates that suit a mother of the bride, the colours that sit beside a bridal party, and how the sizing runs.
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Jenny Packham Mother of the Bride Dresses: What to Choose for AW26
Jenny Packham is a natural choice for the mother of the bride: the house makes sleeved gowns, soft colours and covered shoulders, and its beading looks rich without competing with a bridal gown. The right dress depends on the time of the wedding and how much arm you want to show. Here is how to...
Jenny Packham Cocktail Dresses: Midi and Mini Dresses for AW26
Not every Jenny Packham dress reaches the floor. The house makes a tight group of crepe cocktail dresses that stop below the knee, each with one jewelled detail, and a handful of sequinned minis for parties. They are the most wearable pieces in the collection and the most affordable, from $2,430...
Jenny Packham Cape Dresses: The Cape Gown and How to Wear It
The cape gown is the Jenny Packham shape people remember. It is a fitted beaded gown with a sheer cape that falls from the shoulders to the floor, so the dress moves when you walk and covers the arms without a sleeve. The Princess of Wales wore a gold Jenny Packham cape gown to the No Time to...
Jenny Packham Dresses by Colour: Gold, Pink, Green, Blue, Red and White
Jenny Packham names its colours the way a jeweller names stones: Illusion, Ammonite, Liquorice, Cardinal, Lagoon. The names are lovely and not much help when you are looking for a green dress for a winter wedding. This guide translates the Autumn Winter 2026 shades at Coveti into plain colours,...
Jenny Packham Black Dresses: Gowns and Cocktail Dresses in Liquorice
Jenny Packham calls its black Liquorice, and it is the colour the house returns to every season. A black Jenny Packham dress is the one that gets worn the most: to black tie, to the opera, to a winter wedding and to the next one. The Autumn Winter 2026 collection at Coveti has black in three...
Jenny Packham Sequin Dresses: Gold, Pink, Blue and Black for AW26
Sequins are the reason most people know Jenny Packham. The house stitches them by hand onto a sheer nylon base, often in vertical lines that make the body look longer, and it grades them so a gown fades from dense at the bodice to scattered at the hem. Here are the sequin dresses in the Autumn...
Jenny Packham Evening Gowns: The Autumn Winter 2026 Guide
Jenny Packham has made evening gowns in London since 1988, and the gown is still the centre of the house. The Autumn Winter 2026 collection at Coveti carries more than sixty gowns, most of them hand embellished with sequins, beads and crystal, in 100% nylon tulle and fine crepe. This guide sorts...
Where to Buy Jenny Packham: Stores, Stockists, Sale and Authentic Online
Jenny Packham sells through its own store in London, its own website and a small group of luxury stockists, and Coveti carries the evening collection online with worldwide shipping. If you are searching for a Jenny Packham sale, it helps to know how the house prices its gowns and where the...
Women’s Leather Gloves: Lengths, Leathers and How to Size Them
The best leather gloves for women are made in soft nappa lambskin, lined in wool for warmth and sized by measuring around the palm. Short gloves suit everyday coats; long gloves suit capes and three-quarter sleeves. Max Mara makes nappa, suede and cashmere gloves in short, mid, long and...
Italian Luxury Brands: A Guide to 15 Houses and What They Do Best
The best-known Italian luxury brands include Max Mara, Gucci, Prada, Bottega Veneta, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Valentino, Giorgio Armani, Versace, Brunello Cucinelli, Loro Piana and Valextra. Most grew from family workshops in cities such as Milan, Florence and Rome. Max Mara, founded in...
Old Money Style: The Look, the Wardrobe and How to Wear It
Old money style is a way of dressing that looks inherited rather than bought: fine natural fabrics, quiet colours, classic cuts and almost no visible logos. The core pieces are a camel coat, a navy blazer, cashmere knits, pressed trousers, a pleated skirt, loafers and a structured leather bag....
Women’s Puffer Jackets: Down, Lengths and the Best Max Mara Styles
The best womens puffer jacket for a proper winter is filled with goose down, finished in a water-repellent shell and cut long enough to cover the hips. If you wear tailoring underneath, choose a long puffer coat with a belt and a clean front. Max Mara The Cube is the house line for padded,...
Cape Coats for Women: How to Wear a Cape and the Best to Buy
A cape coat is an outer layer that hangs from the shoulders with slits, short sleeves and side buttons in place of full sleeves. Wear it over slim layers, with long gloves and a bag held in the hand. Max Mara makes capes in wool, cashmere, Teddy fabric and gabardine, from the Colomba wool cloak...
Types of Coats: A Glossary of 21 Coat Styles for Women
The main types of coats for women fall into four families: tailored coats (double-breasted, overcoat, pea coat, redingote), soft coats (wrap, robe, cocoon, kimono, cape), weather coats (trench, parka, puffer, duster) and textured coats (teddy, shearling, leather, tweed). Max Mara, the Italian...
Women’s Wool Coats: Fabrics, Lengths, Cuts and the Best to Buy
The best wool coat for women is made from dense, double-woven virgin wool, cut with room for a jumper, and long enough to cover your knees in a northern winter. Max Mara, the Italian house founded in 1951, builds most of its coats this way, from the pure wool robe coats of 'S Max Mara to the...
How to Style a Camel Coat: Outfit Formulas for Every Occasion
To style a camel coat, pair it with one dark neutral (black, navy, charcoal and chocolate all work), keep the layers underneath simple, and let the coat set the tone. A Max Mara camel coat, such as the 101801 designed by Anne-Marie Beretta in 1981, is cut with room for knitwear, so a roll-neck,...
The Best Camel Coats for Women: Fabrics, Cuts and Max Mara Picks
The best camel coat for women is cut with room for knitwear, made from a dense natural fibre and dyed a warm mid-tone that flatters most skin. Max Mara, founded in Reggio Emilia in 1951, sets the benchmark. Its 101801 coat, designed by Anne-Marie Beretta in 1981, is a double-breasted camel coat...
Max Mara Bags: Whitney, Pasticcino, Archetipo and Marine Compared
The best known Max Mara bags are the Whitney Bag, created in 2015 with the Renzo Piano Building Workshop for the opening of the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Pasticcino Bag from Weekend Max Mara. On Coveti the Pasticcino starts at $380 for a mini, the Whitney at $1,730, and the...
Max Mara Size Chart: Italian to UK and US Sizes, Coats and Shoes
Max Mara uses Italian sizing. On the Max Mara size chart, IT 40 equals UK 8 and US 4, IT 42 equals UK 10 and US 6, and IT 44 equals UK 12 and US 8. The rule of thumb is to subtract 32 from the Italian size for UK and 36 for US. The coats are cut generously, so most women take their usual size.
Max Mara Teddy Bear Coat: History, Fit, Care and Review
The Max Mara Teddy Bear coat is an oversized double-breasted coat in a deep pile of alpaca and wool on a silk base. Creative director Ian Griffiths designed it from a 1980s archive piece, and it was first shown on the Autumn/Winter 2013 runway. It is warm, plush and casual, and on Coveti the...
Which Max Mara Coat to Buy: 101801, Manuela, Ludmilla and Teddy
The best Max Mara coat for most women is the 101801, the double-breasted camel coat in wool and cashmere that Anne-Marie Beretta designed in 1981, now sold as the Madame 101801. Choose the Manuela for a softer belted wrap in pure camel hair, the Ludmilla for cashmere, and the Teddy Bear coat for...
Weekend Max Mara Explained: How It Compares With ‘S Max Mara and More
Weekend Max Mara is the most relaxed and most affordable of the Max Mara lines, with knitwear, shirts, trousers, wool coats and the Pasticcino bag, priced on Coveti from $230 to $2,400. It sits beside the main Max Mara line, 'S Max Mara, Max Mara Studio, Max Mara Atelier and Max Mara The Cube,...