Tiered Chiffon Flutter Sleeve Dress
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Tiered Chiffon Knee Length Dress with Flutter Sleeves
A knee-length silk chiffon dress with a round neckline, short flutter sleeves and a body built from overlapping chiffon tiers cut on the diagonal over a lining.
Diagonal chiffon tiers are cut one at a time, so the run is short.
Six o'clock, and the table by the window
An early date is lit by whatever is left of the afternoon, and chiffon takes that light differently from anything solid. You walk in and the diagonal tiers move half a beat behind you, then settle as you sit down, which is a quieter entrance than a stiff dress makes.
Across a small table your shoulders are a metre away and the flutter sleeves are the nearest thing to them, moving whenever you reach for a glass. The tiers overlap on the diagonal, so the dress is never quite still and never busy either. What the other person concludes in the first minute is that you took the evening seriously, and that is a good thing to have settled before anybody orders.
The first minute does more work than the two hours after it.
Chiffon tiers, cut on the diagonal
The body is silk chiffon, built from tiers that overlap and are cut on the diagonal, which is what gives the dress movement without volume. They sit over a lining, and that is what allows the chiffon to be as fine as it is. The neckline is round and the sleeves are short flutters.
What a hand finds is the edge of each tier, laid over the next on the bias rather than seamed flat. The lining underneath is the quiet part of the construction and the reason the whole thing hangs. It is finished with meticulous attention to detail, sophisticated enough to carry from the day straight into the evening.
Tiers, flutter sleeves, a lining
- Silk chiffon, over a lining
- A round neckline
- Short flutter sleeves
- Overlapping tiers cut on the diagonal
- A length to the knee
- Easy to carry from day into the evening
Four colours, read off the gallery
Red, Blue, Green and Khaki are the four offered, and the gallery reads them as a wine, a dusty blue, a green and a taupe.
What travels with it
Take more than one dress and a complimentary gift is wrapped in with the order, chosen here with nothing added to your side of it.
| Piece | Dresses |
|---|---|
| Inside | Lined |
| Sleeves | Short flutter sleeves |
| Tiers | Overlapping, on the diagonal |
| Lining | Chiffon tiers over a lining |
| Size | S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL |
| Colours | Red, Blue, Green, Khaki |
Diagonal cutting keeps lots short
Cutting chiffon on the diagonal uses more cloth per dress and cannot be rushed, so these are made in short lots across four colours. The wine and the dusty blue clear first for evenings, and a return of the same run is not guaranteed.
Put it in the bag tonight and decide at home. Unworn, it goes back or exchanges within fourteen calendar days of delivery.
