Leopard Print Panel Short Sleeve Dress in Light Blue

Leopard used as a panel rather than an all over print is a much quieter way to wear it, and against light blue it stops being a statement entirely. The print becomes a detail, the blue keeps everything calm, and the result is a dress that gets the interest of an animal print without committing you to a whole outfit built around one.

The fabric is 100% lyocell with no stretch, which is worth paying attention to. Lyocell is a wood pulp fibre with a soft, slightly cool hand and a genuinely good drape, so a dress made from it falls straight and hangs away from the body rather than clinging. No stretch means the cut does the fitting, and this one is cut straight: waist and bust measure the same at every size, from 39 inches at S to 46.9 inches at XL, so it reads as a relaxed shift rather than a fitted dress. Length runs from 34.6 to 37 inches across S through XL, and it is buttoned.

Wear it with flat sandals and nothing else considered, and it is a hot weather dress that keeps its shape all day, which is exactly what lyocell is good at. White trainers make it a walking dress; slides make it a beach one. Because the body is loose and the print is contained to a panel, it takes a belt well if you want a waist, and it layers under a denim jacket or over a long sleeve tee when the season turns. Light blue sits easily with tan, white, and gold.

Why you will love it

• Leopard print panel against a light blue ground
• Button detail
• Straight relaxed cut through the body
• Material composition: 100% lyocell
• Soft drape with no stretch
• Sizes S through XL

Care

• Machine wash cold
• Tumble dry low