One dress. Three winters.
A buttoned sweater dress, a floral mini with bell sleeves, a velvet mini with a cowl neck and a plaid skater dress, plus four fine-gauge tops built to sit under each of them from October to March.
See the dress rail
A layer is only useful if it stays flat under a sleeve
Fine-gauge knit is what makes a dress wearable into November, and it is also where cheap yarn shows: a top that adds a centimetre under a sleeve will bunch at the elbow by the end of the day. So every knit here is measured flat at the cuff and again after two washes, and anything that grows is dropped. Velvet is brushed in one direction before cutting so the pile falls the same way on both panels, and plaid is matched across the centre front seam rather than only at the side. A dress that pulls across the seat when seated is recut.
A dress and the layer under it
Start with the dress, finish with the fine knit. Every card lists chest, sleeve and length in centimetres so the layer can be chosen without guessing.
Chest and sleeveNavy Puffed Sleeve Plaid Ruffle Skater Mini Dress
$59.99
Fine gauge, flatBlue Cowl Neck Puffed Sleeve Velour Mini Dress
$49.99
Pile brushed one wayBlack Round Neck Bell Sleeve Floral Mini Dress
$49.99
What we will not do
No layer that adds bulk
A knit that looks fine on a hanger can add a centimetre at the sleeve and ruin the dress over it. Every top here was worn under the dresses on the other rail, washed twice and measured again, and anything that grew was dropped rather than described as generous.
The close-up: rib, placket, pile
Rib at a cuff is knitted in rather than attached, which is why it returns to shape after a wash instead of staying stretched. The button placket on a sweater dress is faced with a strip cut on the same grain and the buttons are sewn with a shank, so the knit behind them does not pull open. Velvet panels are cut from the same run and brushed before assembly, so the light falls evenly across the front instead of showing a seam where the pile changes direction.
Before it is folded
Washed twice, then measured
Every knit is washed twice and measured flat again, so the length you order is the length that comes back.
Pile brushed one way
Velvet is brushed before cutting so both front panels catch the light the same way.
14-day withdrawal, rights intact
You may withdraw from your order within 14 days of delivery, and your statutory rights are never limited.
