Brocade Butterfly Print Puff Sleeve Dress

Butterflies are one of those prints that can go badly wrong, and this dress is proof of how right they can go when the scale is handled properly. The motif is scattered rather than crowded, so it reads as movement across the fabric instead of a costume. Puff sleeves lift the shoulder line and give the whole dress a soft romantic posture that carries it well beyond an ordinary day.

The fabric is 100% polyester with no stretch, so the shape you see is the shape you get: it holds the puff at the sleeve and keeps the skirt falling cleanly rather than clinging. The body is not lined. There is both a button and a zipper closure, which is what allows the bodice to sit close without needing any give in the fibre. Length runs 53.9 inches in a small through 55.5 inches in a 2XL, with the bust opening from 32.3 to 38.6 inches and sleeve length between 24.4 and 26 inches across the run.

Three colourways change its mood completely. Apricot is warm and golden and suits a summer afternoon, light blue is the coolest and cleanest of the three, and pink pushes it furthest toward the romantic. Wear it with flat sandals and bare legs for a garden lunch, or add a low block heel and a structured bag when it needs to hold its own at an event. Keep jewelry small so the print stays the loudest thing you are wearing.

Why you will love it

• Allover butterfly print with lifted puff sleeves
• Features: Buttoned, Zipper
• Stretch: No stretch
• Body: Not lined
• Material composition: 100% polyester
• Choose from apricot, light blue and pink in sizes S to 2XL

Care

• Machine wash cold. Tumble dry low.