People Comment on My Outfit Every Time I Wear This Trend

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Let it be known that I wear a decent amount of out-of-the-box clothing. I'm always down to try out weirder fashion trends than most, so at this point, my friends and family have gotten used to all my sartorial experiments. Showing up in a lime-green shirt or layering a dress over bike shorts hardly warrants a second glance from them, but there's still one trend I've noticed people going out of their way to comment on every single time I wear it—a red dress.

Cliché as it sounds, the color red is known for being the most attention-grabbing. I've held onto this information for a while now but had never truly taken it to heart until recently when I acquired a few red dresses. I was taken aback by the sheer volume of comments I received when wearing one of these dresses. Friends, people on the street, and even strangers who follow me on Instagram felt the need to go out of their way to give me a compliment on my outfit.

"The color red flatters everyone," according to Kate Smith, a color expert and president of Sensational Color. She confirmed what I already had a hunch about, adding that "lots of research has been done that shows wearing red makes [others] see you as more attractive." While I've never been one to dress for others, I did notice that wearing one of these red dresses inadvertently gave me a boost of confidence that lasted well after I had changed into something else.

Below, see which red dresses I'm favoring at the moment and then shop my picks.

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Shop red wrap dresses:

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Shop red occasion dresses:

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Shop red shirtdresses:

For more of my latest obsessions, see which unknown brands I'm absolutely enamored with right now.

Editor

Anna is an editor on the fashion team at Who What Wear and has been at the company for over five years, having begun her career in the Los Angeles office before relocating to New York, where she's currently based. Having always been passionate about pursuing a career in fashion, she built up her experience interning at the likes of Michael Kors, A.L.C., and College Fashionista before joining the team as a post-graduate assistant editor. Anna has penned a number of interviews with Who What Wear's cover stars over the years, including A-listers Megan Fox, Issa Rae, and Emma Chamberlain. She's earned a reputation for scouting new and emerging brands from across the globe and championing them to our audience of millions. While fashion is her main wheelhouse, Anna led the launch of WWW Travels last year, a new lifestyle vertical that highlights all things travel through a fashion-person lens. She is passionate about shopping vintage, whether it be at a favorite local outpost or an on-the-road discovery, and has amassed a wardrobe full of unique finds. When she's not writing, you can find her shooting street imagery on her film camera, attempting to learn a fourth or fifth language, or planning her next trip across the globe.