Dress and white trainers

[MJFEB2026]

Dated? Or still acceptable to wear?!

Everyone needs a battle jacket! Where else are you going to sew your patches??

I don’t think dresses ever look good with any trainers, especially white trainers, but also think people should wear what they like and feel comfortable in and not be a fashion victim.

I hardly ever wear dresses, never trainers, don't follow any influencers - have little skin in this particular argument.

But I do enjoy fashion and fashion history. And I have a question.

How do you think you got into dresses and trainers in the first place?

Do you think you all spontaneously came up with the same idea circa summer 2020?

Whereas your judgemental post says nothing about you as a person …

Kate Middleton or if you prefer, the Princess of Wales for one. I'd need a ladder to get into some of her stilettoes! Is that dated or decreed by Royal protocol? I hate heels of any sort. To me they are a symbol of female oppression and a prop for drag artists😊Never see men wearing them (unless they are dressing up as women of course).

Thank you. I say again: wear what you like.

I’m fairly sure she doesn’t wear them in her normal day to day life. 😂

Style what you like to make it look current.

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What's a french tuck? 🤔

I think it looks a little dated but that shouldn't stop anyone. I still wear boot cut jeans which I am sure are considered prehistoric by fashionistas.

I agree with some of the PPs that whilst not the height of fashion, a dress and trainers can be stylish if you update to more current trends. I generally think it looks quite nice anyway, even if not necessarily ‘fashionable’.
Personally I fully intend to wear my dresses with trainers (white or otherwise) this summer, and more than likely a denim jacket thrown over the top. If I wear trousers, there’s a decent chance I’ll have a French tuck too 🤷‍♀️

No, bootcut jeans are acceptable again as part of the ‘90’s / 2000’s trend

I've just thought: is it the length of dress that's the issue? In the 90s, my dresses were slips, rather than actual dresses, or hippy tie dye ones. In either case, they were arse skimming and accompanied by a hoody or army shirt.

I still wear them with shorter or slip dresses. Sandals are only if it's really hot, because I hate cold feet.

If not a jacket or cardigan over a summer dress, then what?

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"Fashionable" people never feel cold dontcha know. I'll stick with my cardigans in my cold office with aircon.

I see it as a teacher or mum uniform. I’m 45 and have been wearing a variation of this forever so I suspect it would be terribly unfashionable by now. I can’t wait for the jeans, white tee and statement necklace to become fashionable again, that was my peak.

I'm seeing quite a few folk in our offices (London, Edinburgh, Manchester) wearing heels again - often what I think of as quite retro styles, with a blocky or kitten heel rather than a 4 inch stiletto, and/or the high vamp that doesn't show much toe cleavage. So I suspect the trend cycle is moving again.

Did it ever go away?
Women have been wearing jeans and white T shirt for decades and still do.
Not sure what you mean by a statement necklace- huge baubles?- Wear what you like!

Mainly because of what is available in the shops.
Sometimes it's impossible to find 'other stuff' because every single brand is a slight variation on another's.

The choice of shoes is trainers/ converse type lace ups, ballet shoes, loafers, slingbacks, heels, sandals , boots.

It's been a blessing for us to be able to wear comfy flats like trainers for walking instead of damaging our feet and getting bunions by ramming our feet into narrow shoes (though some still do.)

I did wear dresses and white trainers for a bit, but now it is something I avoid like the plague. Although, I am happy to wear them with a dress for work, where I don't really care what I look like.

I think dresses look much better with sandals or shoes. You can get comfy ones. When I went to Italy on holiday last year I saw someone with a nice dress, and shoes like these, so I have bought them for this summer. I thought they looked really lovely with her dress.

These

Or,

These

Fit Flop is not normally a brand that I would look at, but these are really comfy and they are a really nice design. More comfy than my trainers!

I've also got www.zara.com/uk/en/flat-criss-cross-leather-slider-sandals-p12600710.html?v1=506838564 These]] in every colour, to go with dresses, but I can't actually walk in them very far, so I think I am going to get rid.

It's a matter of opinion.
I have looked at those MV shoes a lot but decided that woven shoes are very uncomfortable on bare feet, once your feet get hot. The weave digs into your feet.

Fitflops- very high and not for me.

Sandals- nice, but not supportive for city walking and you risk having your toes trodden on. Unless you're just walking a very short distance and going out to eat etc.

Flat shoes are now my nemesis. And that includes you, Converse.

I've got a dodgy ankle and bouts of plantar fasciitis. It rarely flares up in winter, but as soon as the spring shoes come out... Bang!

Thanks for responding. Yes dresses, trainers, and let's add jackets - were in the shops and often in people's wardrobes already. But are we really saying that thousands of women had the idea of putting them together at roughly the same time? And not just any dress and jacket but a fairly specific style?

Or was it just possibly down to that F-word that so many posters seem to think they're far too independent minded to take any notice of?