McQueen of hearts

I think I may have found a dress that tugs at my heartstrings like no other dress has done before.

It’s an acid yellow number, with a tight-fitting bodice and full skirt. It’s sheathed in sparse black lace that looks like an intricately spun spider web. It’s from Alexander McQueen’s Resort 2010 collection and it’s utterley, stupendously, irrevocably (cue deep breath) … divine.

Alexander McQueen

What’s most uplifting  about the dress (and simultaneously depressing, as I’ll never be able to afford it) is that you don’t need to be a 6-foot Amazon to wear it – as you do with a lot of McQueen’s statement pieces. Drew Barrymore, with her petite 5′4” frame, is case in point. She wore the dress to the Whip It! premiere at the  Toronto International Film Festival last month.

Drew Barrymore wears McQueen to the TIFF

Despite her chimney sweep hair, Barrymore looks spectacular in the dress. Her semi-curtsy pose demonstrates how the dress is making her feel – elegant, feminine, playful and unique.