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Square neck tiered velvet maxi in Brown
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Square neck tiered velvet maxi in brown

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Velvet with a burnout floral worked into it, cut in the softest shape of the velvet group: a square neck, short flutter sleeves, a stretch smocked bodice and a skirt assembled in tiers. The fabric stays light for velvet, which is what keeps a tiered maxi from turning heavy by the end of an evening. Three colourways, blue green, earthy orange and brown, all in the autumn register Simplee is aiming at. Scores run high for the catalogue, though the number of them is small.

ModelSquare neck tiered velvet maxi
ColourBrown
MaterialVelvet
SizesS to XL
CategoryMaxi Dresses

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Brown · $49.99Blue Green · $49.99Earthy Orange · $49.99

What the square neck tiered velvet maxi actually does

A tiered maxi in velvet sounds heavy; keeping the cloth light is what stops it reading as costume.

1

Square neck, flutter sleeve pairing

The square neckline sits flat and wide across the collarbone and the flutter sleeve covers the top of the arm without being a real sleeve. Together they read softer than a halter and less formal than a V, which is why this suits a bridesmaid line-up.

2

Smocked bodice doing the fitting

Stretch smocking runs through the bodice, so the dress draws in where it needs to and releases into the tiers below. There is no zip in the description; it goes on over the head and adjusts itself to the wearer.

3

Burnout floral on an autumn ground

The floral is burned into the velvet rather than printed over it, so the pattern shifts with the light instead of sitting flat. On the brown and the earthy orange it stays subtle enough to pass as texture from across a room.

Fit, honestly

The size run goes S to XL, where M covers US 8-10 and XL stops at 14, and Simplee states that it fits true to size. Stretch smocking handles the bodice, which leaves length as the main thing to check against height. Cold wash only, no bleach, hang to dry and iron on a low setting.

The full size guide →

  • Square neck with flutter short sleeves.
  • Stretch smocked bodice, pull-on.
  • Tiered maxi skirt in burnout velvet.
  • S through XL, with XL at US 14.

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