Leafy Botanical Print Button Down Maxi Dress in Light Blue

A leafy botanical print on a light blue ground is about as close as clothing gets to a good morning in a garden. The scale of the print matters here: leaves rather than flowers keep it graphic and a little cooler, so the dress feels fresh instead of sweet. Buttons run down the front and the skirt falls away long and loose beneath them.

The fabric is 89% viscose,11% polyamide with no stretch, and the body is not lined. Viscose is why it drapes rather than holds itself out, so the length reads fluid instead of stiff. Length runs from 48.8 inches in a small to 51.2 inches in an XL, and the cut is generous everywhere else too: the waist opens from 38.2 to 46.1 inches and the hip from 53.9 through 61.8 inches. This is a loose dress by design, meant to skim past the body rather than follow it. Ruffle detailing softens the lines further.

Because it is roomy, it is the dress you reach for when it is genuinely too hot to be touched by your clothes. Flat sandals and a straw bag and you are done. A belt at the waist gives you a shape if you want one, and the button front means you can open it over a swimsuit and use it as a cover up. A denim jacket handles a cooler evening. The light blue sits happily next to white, tan and natural straw, so keep the accessories in that family.

Why you will love it

• Leafy botanical print on a light blue ground
• Button down front that opens fully
• Features: Buttoned, Ruffled
• Stretch: No stretch
• Body: Not lined
• Material composition: 89% viscose,11% polyamide
• Loose maxi cut in sizes S to XL

Care

• Machine wash cold. Tumble dry low.