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Sailor Collar Midi Dress

$35.00

A warm beige midi with an oversized sailor collar, a self-tie belt, an exposed front zip and a pleated skirt. Cut to a US medium.

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Description

The collar is the point: oversized, sailor-cut, sitting wide across the shoulders and framing everything above it. The rest of the dress is deliberately quiet so the collar has room to be the loud part.

A fitted waist with a self-tie belt, a pleated A-line skirt below it, and an exposed zip down the front that is both the fastening and the only hardware on the piece.

The fabric

A smooth structured woven in a warm beige — the kind of neutral that looks expensive next to brown, tan and cream and holds its own against black. Long slim sleeves with neat cuffs.

How it fits

Cut to a US medium, midi length. The belt is self-tie, so the waist sits where you put it.

Looking after it

Cold machine wash and hang to dry. It presses easily if you want the seams crisp; a warm iron on the reverse is enough. Wash it with like colours for the first few goes.

It lands in the gap most of us are shopping in: cute clothes for women in their 30s that do not borrow from either direction — and among petite dresses casual pieces, a korean fashion casual dress you can wear to a christening and then to the pub.

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Why we took this one

The collar is the point and the rest of the dress is deliberately quiet so it has room. It goes to a christening and then to the pub, which is more than most dresses manage.

One strong idea and nothing else happening is the most useful thing a dress can be, because the range comes from what it will tolerate beside it rather than from the dress itself. For cute clothes for women in their 30s that span — a christening at eleven, a pub at four — is the whole reason to own it.

Sailor Collar Midi Dress — A warm beige midi with an oversized sailor collar, a self-tie belt, an exposed front zip and

Three ways to wear it

  • Weekday — flat boots and bare legs.
  • Anything else — a heel and a long coat.
  • Neckline — empty; the collar is already doing it.
Sailor Collar Midi Dress — A warm beige midi with an oversized sailor collar, a self-tie belt, an exposed front zip and

Before you order

Sized M, to a US 8–10, with the hem below the knee. The collar is the design and it wants nothing near it — no necklace, no scarf, and a plain bag rather than a patterned one. On a shorter frame the midi length sits at mid-calf, which suits this shape better than the knee would. Among petite dresses casual options it is the one that looks like an outfit while taking no thought at all.

The particulars

Sizes M (8–10)

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