Next's 'Italian inspired' mini dress is available in petite, regular and tall cuts and its lightweight linen blend is perfect ...

Scroll down for video The stunning TOWIE star rocked a classic blue and white shift dress, braving the cold ... brightened up her look with a slick camel coat which she wore draped over her ...

Some of her very best mini dresses, though, are reserved for her off-stage appearances. Like, for instance, the plunging gold sequin shift she wore ... Aritzia winter coat she's wearing atop ...

For some extra drama (she was out on Broadway, after all) Clooney jazzed up a mini-shift dress with an animal print coat. The Giambattista Valli piece was designed with a black bow detail placed ...

Extra points if you can layer with a classic trench coat when it gets chilly ... last 100 years (in part due to Coco Chanel) is the shift dress. Flattering on most, the loose mini silhouette ...

It's hard to know if Zara definitely borrowed Kate's coat, who wore it first in 2018 ... and she wore the very same style, with a shift dress, fascinator and stiletto high heels.