Rachel Zoe’s Black Lace Trim Slip Dress

A slip dress with lace trim is the uniform of the woman who already won the argument and is now leaving the restaurant.

This is Rachel Zoe’s take: a bias-cut black slip, thin straps, lace edging the neckline and hem, the silk-feel fabric cool and weightless when it slides on. It’s the silhouette every Housewife reaches for when she wants the cameras to clock her without working for it — see Kenya at the Porsha-Marlo standoff in Season 13, draped in black like she’d come to bury someone (she had). Lace trim keeps it from feeling like lingerie, barely. (That’s the point.)

Wear it to a dinner where you intend to be the subject of the recap. Pair with something heavy at the wrist and a face that says nothing. Into the Vault →