Pleated Empire Waist Dress
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Pleated Empire Waist Knee Length Dress with Pockets
A knee-length dress with a wide round neckline, half-length sleeves, a seam above the natural waist releasing into soft pleats, and pockets set into the side seams.
The pleats are set by hand, which puts a ceiling on the quantity.
Lunch at your mother's, laid for six
Family lunches are the hardest audience: everyone there has known you for decades and will say exactly what they think of whatever you came in. Soft pleats released from an empire seam sit well in a dining chair for three hours, and that is most of what that table asks for.
You stand up to clear plates and the pleats fall straight again, so the dress looks the same at four o'clock as it did at one. The wide neckline keeps the collarbone and the face in a single frame, and the pockets mean you are not hunting for somewhere to put your hands. What gets said, eventually, is that you look well, which is what people say when the clothes are right and they cannot locate the reason.
Being told you look well is a verdict on the whole afternoon.
An empire seam, releasing soft pleats
The seam sits above the natural waist and everything below it is released into soft pleats, so the shape is defined once, high up, and then left alone. The neckline is wide and round and the sleeves come to half length. The fabric is luxuriously soft, which is what lets pleats hang instead of standing out from the body.
Pockets are set into the side seams, hidden in the pleating until a hand goes in. The sleeves end at half length, above the elbow, so a cuff never ends up in a serving dish. It is a comfy dress designed in Toronto, versatile from day to night with nothing swapped in between.
Pleats, pockets, half sleeves
- A wide round neckline
- Half-length sleeves
- A seam above the natural waist
- Soft pleats released below it
- Pockets set into the side seams
- A luxuriously soft fabric, designed in Toronto
Five colours, listed as they come
Green, Blue, Pink, Dark blue and Gray are the options on the selector, and the gallery shows the turquoise and the grey reading softest in daylight.
What travels with it
Order more than a single dress and a complimentary gift is placed in the same parcel, chosen by us and free of charge to you.
| Piece | Dresses |
|---|---|
| Neckline | Wide and round |
| Sleeves | Half-length |
| Waist | A seam releasing into soft pleats |
| Size | S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL |
| Colours | Green, Blue, Pink, Dark blue, Gray |
Pleating is slow, so lots are small
Setting pleats from an empire seam takes time on every dress, which is why these are produced in small lots and across five colours at once. A colour can close while the others are still listed, and a return of the same run is not guaranteed.
Add it now and see it in your own dining room. Unworn and in its original condition, it goes back within fourteen calendar days of delivery.
