Hmm... I have a black and white pattern wrap dress I still wear seven years later... That's all though.

I find sheath shape to be the most versatile and timeless.

Anonymous wrote:The cut of a dress can make it timeless. Good construction. Nice fabric. Timeless = classic.

I agree.

Are we talking about the dress itself lasting, or the appearance of the dress being timeless?

Anonymous wrote:You can't expect a timeless dress to last 35 years. Are you crazy? Or cheap?

Huh. I have a vintage linen sheath dress from the 1960s, so that's 50 years, and it looks like new.

I think a timeless dress is a simple, well-constructed one. A classic sheath dress doesn't look dated in a photo, for example.

Anonymous wrote:You can't expect a timeless dress to last 35 years. Are you crazy? Or cheap?

I guess it isn't meant to last that long. But to not appear dated in photos?

I think this is timeless:
http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/192675

The basic cocktail Little Black Dress is about as timeless as it gets. The only thing that may change is the length (shorter hemlines are more acceptable in some periods than others), but I think a just-above-the-knee cut would work just about anytime.

Wraps and sheaths are pretty timeless.

Timeless dresses = simple dresses. Dresses that are "made" with accessories, and not the dress itself.

You can't expect a timeless dress to last 35 years. Are you crazy? Or cheap?

The cut of a dress can make it timeless. Good construction. Nice fabric. Timeless = classic.

Do these even exist. What is timeless now, may be "so 2014" in 35 years. How do people form a general consensus on "timeless"