Leopard Short Sleeve Mini Dress

Leopard has been the closest thing fashion has to a neutral for about forty years now, and this mini dress treats it that way. The print carries the piece, so the cut stays simple: short sleeves, a button detail, a length that stops well above the knee. Nothing here is fighting the pattern, which is exactly why it works.

The fabric is 95% polyester with 5% elastane, giving it a slight stretch, and the body is not lined. That keeps it light and easy to throw on rather than something you have to plan around. Length runs from 35 inches at size S to 37.4 inches at XL, with bust from 40.9 to 48.8 inches and a generous cut through the waist and hip, so it skims rather than grips. Sizes run S through XL.

This is a dress that solves mornings. On its own with flat sandals it is a warm weather default, and with white trainers it turns into something you can walk a long way in. When it cools down, layer a denim jacket or an oversized cardigan over the top and add boots, and the print does the rest. Leopard sits well with black, cream, and denim, and it takes gold jewelry better than silver if you want to push it slightly further. Because it is unlined and stretches a little, it packs flat and comes out of a bag ready to wear.

Why you will love it

• Leopard print that reads as a neutral
• Button detail
• Slightly stretchy
• Body: not lined
• Material composition: 95% polyester, 5% elastane
• Sizes S through XL

Care

• Machine wash cold
• Tumble dry low