The powder-pink pencil dress featured a ruched, peasant-style chiffon top with a square neckline and slightly puffed cap sleeves, adorned with a matching pastel-pink cinched waist belt.

The dress is this one: the Homeyee Women’s Stretch Tunic Pencil Sheath Dress, available at Amazon for $23. It’s a classic story about how innocuous things can go super-viral in the age of ...

Dresses cut to create an hour-glass shape have hit the high street. Nipped in at the waist and tight at the knee, they force your hips to sway. Claire Coleman puts high street versions to the test.