The New Season Zara Dress Everyone's Talking About Right Now

If you’re going to invest in one piece…

Not one to be outdone by ASOS’ visual search tool making finding the perfect outfit a piece of cake, or Topshop presenting us with its most popular bag, Zara has come up with the must-have dress for the new season, and everyone’s talking about it.

If you want to know what shoppers are fighting over, you basically just need to look at the ‘Trending Now’ section on Zara (and here are our Zara shopping hacks ICYMI).

The dress that caught our eye is an embroidered velvet number in midnight blue, embroidered with a colourful floral motif.

Shop now: EMBROIDERED VELVET DRESS for £39.99 from ZARA

And if you're not ready to hang up your peasant blouse just yet, it’s the perfect way to transition this summer’s bohemian trend into autumn/winter. You can wear it now with flat leather sandals, and switch them up for boots when it gets colder.

If you want a look that's totally current, try colourful skintight ankle boots, but if that's not up your street, then black suede ankle boots or brogues will work well for a more understated look.

Buy it now or regret it later. Nothing haunts us like the things we didn't buy...

Penny Goldstone is the Contributing Fashion Editor at Marie Claire UK. She writes about catwalk trends and the latest high street and Instagram sartorial must-haves. She also helms the Women Who Win franchise.

She has worked in fashion for over 10 years, contributing to publications such as Cosmopolitan, Red, Good Housekeeping, and Stylist.