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Puff sleeve jacquard ruffle maxi dress in Navy
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Puff sleeve jacquard ruffle maxi dress in navy

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$44.99

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Five colourways makes this the broadest choice of the autumn floral group: orange, lake blue, navy, beige and caramel. The pattern is jacquard, woven in rather than printed, and kept deliberately subtle. The waistband is smocked and stretchy, set high on the body, and the sleeves are long and loose in a lantern shape. A square neck, a back tie and a ruffled finish round out the listing. Ratings sit on the lower side of this shelf.

Model
Puff sleeve jacquard ruffle maxi dress
Colour
Navy
Sizes
S to XL
Category
Maxi Dresses

In stock at our retail partner at the last catalogue check.

Reading the puff sleeve jacquard ruffle maxi dress

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Stretch smocking at the waistband

Here the smocking is confined to a band at the high waist rather than covering the whole bodice. It pulls the dress in at the narrowest point and leaves the rest of the cut loose, so the fit lands across a range instead of on one number.

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Lantern sleeves to the wrist

The sleeve is cut wide through the arm and gathered at the end, the shape that covers without clinging. It also adds width at the top of the silhouette, which balances the A-line skirt below it.

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Caramel and beige among the five

Alongside orange, lake blue and navy sit two neutral grounds. Those are the ones that work at a ceremony where guests are told to stay quiet, and neutrals are not common on a floral maxi of this kind.

Two of the five colourways are neutrals, the rare option when the invitation says do not upstage anyone.

Same model, other colours

Navy · $44.99Orange · $44.99Lake Blue · $44.99Beige · $44.99Caramel · $44.99

Fit, honestly

Simplee maps Small to US 4-6, Medium to 8-10, Large to 12-14 and X-Large to 16-18. The smocked band sets the waist and the skirt falls A-line from it; a tie at the back adjusts the rest. Care runs to a laundry bag in the machine, no bleach, low heat on the iron, and air drying on a hanger.

The full size guide →

  • Square neckline above a loose lantern sleeve.
  • Stretch smocked high waistband, A-line skirt.
  • Five colourways, S to XL at US 4-18.

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