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We Select Dresses is an expertly curated and reviewed edit of the best designer dresses online. Shop our edit of the season’s must-have dresses selected from the world’s leading online fashion stores.
We Select Dresses is a leading online luxury designer fashion and celebrity fashion publisher. We aim to assist you in discovering excellent womenswear designer fashion dresses and teach you useful fashion advice.
Our team of unbiased expert fashion editors, fashion buyers and fashion stylists select, evaluate and review for you the best curated selection of luxury designer dresses online. We select the best dresses for each and every new season from the worldโs most prestigious and celebrated womenswear fashion designers and online fashion stores. We compile dresses into accessible, easily shoppable edits and categories for every imaginable event on your social calendar.
Heading the team at We Select Dresses are Paul Sexton & Talita Zoe. Former owners and buyers for the internationally acclaimed designer fashion store, Koh Samui. Paul and Talita have 30 years of experience in the fashion industry buying from high-end luxury designers such as Balenciaga, Marc Jacobs, Prada, Miu Miu, Chloe, Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Maison Margiela, Fendi and Bottega Veneta.
Paul and Talita have won numerous fashion awards over the years. Featuring at the number one spot in The Independents round-up of London’s 50 Best Shops to InStyle magazinesโ Celebrity Shopping Awards for the Best Multi-Label Boutique and many more. Paul & Talita have both sat on many prestigious judging panels such as the British Fashion Awards to The British Fashion Councilโs advisory select committee. Paul Sexton And Talita Zoe have been featured in Leading international fashion magazines such as Vogue, Tatler, Elle, Marie Claire, Harpers Bazaar, Instyle, Grazia, Womenswear Daily and Drapers.
From a simple weekend day dress or sexy date night dress to your dream wedding dress. We know that the dresses you wear are an extension of you and your style. We are constantly updating our irresistible edits and reviews with the season’s most coveted dresses and select for you the highest quality and the most on-trend dresses. We search, discover, edit evaluate and review your perfect dresses for any and every event and occasion.
Celebrities love to shop our dress edits, including some of the most respected A-list celebrities in fashion who have shopped in Paul and Talita’s Koh Samui fashion boutique and continue shopping at We Select Dresses. Our celebrity clients have included Alexa Chung, Ashley Olsen, Ashley Simpson, Beyoncรฉ Knowles, Courtney Love, Daphne Guinness, Gemma Arterton, Goldie Hawn, Helena Bonham Carter, Jada Pinkett Smith, Kate Hudson, Kate Moss, Kate Winslet, Katie Holmes, Kiera Knightly, Kirsten Dunst, Kirsty Hume, Kristen McMenamy, Kylie Minogue, Lady Gaga, Linda Evangelista, Liv Tyler, Madonna, Mary-Kate Olsen, Mena Suvari, Milla Jovovich, Natalie Portman, Naomi Watts, Penelope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson, Sienna Miller, Uma Thurman, Vanessa Paradis, Victoria Beckham, Winona Ryder.
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We Select Dresses Buying Directors & Stylists
Paul Sexton & Talita Zoe … Former Owner Buyers of Globally Recognised fashion Store Koh Samui
TREND PRIVE MAGAZINE
Paul Sexton & Talita Zoe
Preserving Luxury Fashion, Enhancing Ethical Transparency, Strengthening The Retail Zeitgeist
โSince the 90โs, Paul and Talita have been on countless prestigious judging panels, headhunted by Saks and Barneyโs New York and curated the luxury British fashion we know today.Shortly after the grand opening of their retail store, Koh Samui, the two found themselves becoming a global styling hub in the heart of London, attracting A-listers like Beyonce Lady Gaga and Madonna โ to name 3 out of the millionโ
Journalist: Lianne Almeda
TREND PRIVE MAGAZINE
Paul Sexton & Talita Zoe
โAfter being globally recognized as one of the leading British retail curators shortly after their storeโs early success, Sexton & Zoe were delegated to the British Fashion Council Select Committee and the British Fashion Awards as panel judgesโ
TREND PRIVE MAGAZINE
Paul Sexton & Talita Zoe
โThrough their journey within the next two decades, theyโve managed to become a global styling hub in the heart of London attracting notable personalities including Alexa Chung, Beyonce Knowles, Madonna. Scarlett Johansson and Kate Moss โ to name a few. From red-carpet appearance projects to casual dressings. International A-listers visited the two for their styling expertise through their brilliant creationโ
VOGUE MAGAZINE
24 โ Hour Style
Talita Zoe
“The owner of London boutique Koh Samui reveals how her exotic, colorful style works both day and night”
THE TELEGRAPH NEWSPAPER
Meet The Woman Who Chooses Your Wardrobe:
Talita Zoe
โYou thought you selected your own clothes, Youโre wrong says Grace Saunders, the decisions are made before you enter the shopโ
For any of Europe’s up-and-coming designers, seeing the buyers and owners of Koh Samui, Paul Sexton and Talita Zoe
Journalist: Grace Saunders
SUNDAY TIMES STYLE MAGAZINE
Behind The Palace Doors
โIt might be a one-bedroom flat, but it has been transformed into a homage to opulence. Sarah Smith inspects the home of the couple behind Koh Samui, Londonโs fashion meccaโ
Journalist: Sarah Smith
SUNDAY TIMES STYLE MAGAZINE
Behind The Palace Doors
“Paul Sexton and Talita Zoe are the couple behind the influential fashion boutique Koh Samui, frequented by such luminaries as Kate Moss, Kylie Minogue and the Alexander McQueen“
SUNDAY TIMES STYLE MAGAZINE
Behind The Palace Doors
“Paul Sexton and Talita Zoe are famous for in the fashion world for their affinity for color ( Koh Samui was the first shop to style clothes by color alone)”
EVENING STANDARD NEWSPAPER
Life & Style
Always first with the new
โWhen American and Japanese fashion buyers are in town they head for one place: Koh Samui the home of up and coming designers. Claudia Croft meet Paul Sexton & Talita Zoe, the pair behind it.
Kate Moss is not the only high profile visitor to Koh Samui. Since it opened in 1994 the store has become a mecca for anyone who wants to stay one step ahead of fashion. Models Shalom Harlow, Kirsty Hume and Amber Valetta are regulars when they are in town. Kylie Manogue pops in for party dresses and its the first stop for magazine stylistsโ
Journalist: Claudia Croft
INSTYLE MAGAZINE
Celebrity Shopping Awards
Best Multi-Label Boutique In London: Koh Samui
โIt has a fresh, funky selection, including labels you wonโt have heard ofโ Danni Minogue
THE OBSERVER MAGAZINE
More Is More
โTalita Zoe and her partner, Paul Sexton, preside over an impressive empire of two shops, One in Knightsbridge and the other in Covent Garden. Their list of customers include a whole host of all those party loving young women whose occupations are always simply described in the social pages as model, it girls, plus Kate Moss, Elle Macpherson, Goldie Hawn and Madonnaโ
Journalist: Tamsin Blanchard
THE OBSERVER MAGAZINE
More Is More
Owner buyers Paul Sexton & Talita Zoe
“Welcome to Koh Samui the epicentre of all that is fabulously embelished, no holds barred, embroidered and beaded and over the top”
ELLE MAGAZINE
Fash Pads
Paul Sexton & Talita Zoe
โSeven years ago Paul and Talita opened Koh Samui โ A London store specialising in young edgy designers. With no formal training they followed their instincts stocking Anonio Berardi, Alexander McQueen and taking Julian Mcdonaldโs collection while he was still at college.
ELLE MAGAZINE
Fash Pads
Paul Sexton & Talita Zoe
Today they sit on the British Fashion Council, have two shops and buyers from all over the world look to them for directionโ
THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
THE 50 BEST
In first place is Paul Sexton and Talita Zoeโs Koh Samui Boutique at number 1
โWhen it comes to reputation Koh Samui is the queen of the small fashion retailers. One of the most well regarded shops in the capital, itโs moving from strength to strengthโ
Rebecca Taylor states: โThis is the only place I know that takes any true risks with its stock. It is both avant-grade and appealingโ
Journalist: Paul Giggall
DRAPERS MAGAZINE
Koh Samui London
โWhat do Sienna Miller, Penelope Cruz and Wendy Dagworthy, head of fashion and textiles at the Royal College of Art, have in common? The answer is they are all regular visitors to Covent Garden womenswear boutique Koh Samuiโ โWe tend not to follow trends says Paul Sextonโ Sexton reveals that โSaks Fifth Avenue wants Koh Samui to open a concession in its New York store. The team at Sakโs said I have never seen anyone merchandise the way we doโ