amur green dress Giada Pleated A flowing Lorelie Halter Gown – AMUR

It is the ideal collection to transform a 1950's ranch style house with a sleek modern look or create a contemporary look in a smaller scaled townhouse

The navy hue makes it look dressy teamed with heels, but it could also be dressed down with chunky sandals and a straw bag.

Actually, the dressing was developed by the chef at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco in 1923, to pay tribute to actor George Arliss and his hit play, The Green Goddess (thanks, Wikipedia!)

At one point, too, we are told that black is the colour of revolution, but the French Revolution adopted the tricolore and the Russian Revolution was red