J.Lo and Anne Hathaway Wore the Same Comfy-Cool Dress Trend This Weekend
Celebrities have a tendency to wear things that feel, well, unapproachable. Bras as tops, lingerie as dresses, and sky-high platforms aren't exactly easy to wear, and that's before you get into the cost of it all. Then again, sometimes they surprise us—and this is one of those times.
Over the long weekend, not one but two members of the A-list were spotted wearing the most uncomplicated and accessible dress styles of all: the white cotton dress. In Los Angeles on Sunday, newlyweds Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck spent the day at the annual Malibu Chilli Cook-Off, where the 53-year-old actress and singer wore a billowy, maxi-length frock from Forte Forte that she paired with red Gucci x Adidas slides and her go-to Dior tote bag. That same day at the Telluride Film Festival, Anne Hathaway debuted a similarly low-key white dress for a screening of her new film Armageddon Time. With the dress, a puff-sleeve style from La Ligne, Hathaway accessorized with black ankle boots and a brown straw hat.
Of course, when the cornerstone of your look is a blank canvas, there's really no end to the outfit possibilities. But you can't exactly go wrong if you take styling cues from J.Lo or Hathaway (she did play the assistant to Miranda Priestly after all). Get started by shopping all the white cotton dresses below.
On Jennifer Lopez: Forte Forte Long Dress ($775); Gucci x Adidas GG Platform Sandals ($620); Jennifer Fisher 3"" Thread Gold-Plated Hoop Earrings ($180); Dior bag
On Anne Hathaway: La Ligne Twist-Front Cotton-Poplin Midi Dress ($395)
Shop white cotton dresses:
Can't you just imagine wearing this dress to a picnic in a field? Simply lovely.
I love the idea of pairing this dress with a chunky knit and boots in the fall.
It's not a want, it's a need.
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Eliza Huber is a New York City–based fashion editor who specializes in trend reporting, brand discovery, and celebrity style. She joined Who What Wear in 2021 after almost four years on the fashion editorial team at Refinery29, the job she took after graduating with a marketing degree from the University of Iowa. She has since launched two monthly columns, Let's Get a Room and Ways to Wear; profiled the likes of Dakota Fanning, Diane Kruger, Katie Holmes, and Sabrina Carpenter for WWW's monthly cover features; and reported on everything from the relationship between Formula One and fashion to the top trends from fashion month, season after season. Eliza now lives on the Upper West Side and spends her free time researching F1 fashion imagery for her side Instagram accounts @thepinnacleoffashion and @f1paddockfits, running in Central Park, and scouring eBay for '90s Prada and '80s Yves Saint Laurent.
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