4.5 ★Earthy OrangeDresses
Velvet maxi dress
The catalogue flagship: a short-sleeve V-neck velvet maxi carried in seven colourways.
Fabric: Velvet
Dresses
Strapless smocked tiered sundress in blue
$52.99
Check price & buyStraps come off. The bodice is smocked with an elastic band across the bust that holds on its own, and the thin shoulder straps detach, so one dress is a cami sundress on a beach afternoon and strapless at a reception that evening. Tiered chiffon hangs below a high smocked waist, printed floral, in blue or army green. The chiffon creases in transit and the maker says so plainly, asking for a gentle iron before the first wear.
- Model
- Strapless smocked tiered sundress
- Colour
- Blue
- Material
- Chiffon
- Sizes
- S to XL
- Category
- Maxi Dresses
In stock at our retail partner at the last catalogue check.
Reading the strapless smocked tiered sundress
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Straps that detach
Two spaghetti straps, on or off. Off, the elastic smocking at the bust does the holding and the back is left open; on, it reads as an ordinary cami sundress. That is the whole case for choosing it over a fixed-strap floral.
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Smocking at bust and waist
Elastic shirring runs across the bust and again at the high waist, so the top half grips in two places rather than one. That is the usual reason a strapless cut with no fastenings stays where it was put through a long evening.
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Chiffon that arrives creased
The maker warns that the fabric wrinkles in transit and asks for a gentle iron to bring the drape back. Better done in the week before the event than on the morning of it, since tiers hold folds longer than a plain skirt.
Strapless with the option of straps, which is a short way of saying it covers two dress codes from one bag.
Same model, other colours
Blue · $52.99Army Green · $52.99
Fit, honestly
Sizes run S to XL with an unusual middle step: M covers 8-11 rather than the usual 8-10. The smocked band at the bust and the shirred high waist handle the fit, the back is open when the straps come off, and there is nothing to fasten.
- Detachable spaghetti straps, backless when strapless.
- Smocked bust band and high smocked waist.
- Lined chiffon with a tiered skirt.
- Sizes S to XL, M covers 8-11.
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