4.5 ★Earthy OrangeDresses
Velvet maxi dress
The catalogue flagship: a short-sleeve V-neck velvet maxi carried in seven colourways.
Fabric: Velvet
Dresses
Smocked puff sleeve floral maxi in burgundy red
$42.99
Check price & buyBlue or burgundy red, floral, and built around a smocked bodice that stretches rather than fastens. Sleeves are full down to the elbow and gather into a ruffled cuff at the wrist; the skirt is tiered and A-line, giving it movement without the weight of a lined formal dress. Simplee sells it as a wedding guest option, and the coverage fits that brief for an autumn date on the calendar.
- Model
- Smocked puff sleeve floral maxi
- Colour
- Burgundy Red
- Sizes
- S to XL
- Category
- Maxi Dresses
In stock at our retail partner at the last catalogue check.
Same model, other colours
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What matters on this one
Start here
Smocking does the fitting
The bodice is smocked and stretches, with an elastic back behind it, which means no zip and a range of fit instead of one fixed measurement. It draws in under the bust and releases the skirt from that point, and it is why the dress tolerates a size either way better than tailoring would.
Puff sleeve to a ruffled cuff
Volume through the upper arm, gathered tight at the wrist with a ruffle finishing the cuff. A romantic sleeve rather than a plain one, and it covers the arm fully, which is what makes a floral print workable at a church service or a cool evening ceremony.
Tiered skirt under a V neck
The skirt is built in tiers so volume increases towards the hem instead of hanging off a single waist seam, and it runs to maxi length. Above it, the V-neckline opens the bodice; between the two the dress stays modest while still having somewhere to move.
Fit, honestly
No zip anywhere: the smocked bodice and elastic back do the work, so getting in is a matter of pulling it over the head. The empire waist sits under the bust and the skirt is loose from there down. Long puff sleeves end at the wrist with a ruffle.
- Maxi length with a tiered A-line skirt.
- Smocked stretch bodice and elastic back, no zip.
- Long puff sleeves with ruffled cuffs; V-neckline.
- Blue or burgundy red floral.
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