Meet The Experts Michelle Tolini Finamore, Ph.D., is Salem, Massachusetts-based fashion curator and historian who has curated exhibitions ranging from Fashioning America: Grit to Glamour (2022-3), Gender Bending Fashion (2019 ), #techstyle (2016), Think Pink (2014) and taught fashion, film and design history
His style is a throwback to the pageantry of country artists of the 50s and 60sthink Elvis Presleys sequined jumpsuits or the man who made country sparkle, Nudie Cohn
The Empire silhouette thus defines a dress with a high waist and a long and loosely falling skirt
It makes for a wonderful addition for warming up a cool color palette or lightening a darker color palette
The ribbed collar, cuffs, and hemline provide a little extra coziness and detailing