Adeline | Abstract Print Maxi Dress

Not one horizontal line anywhere — the neckline runs on a diagonal, and the dress falls in a single column to the floor.

Count the lines on almost any dress and you find three: a neckline straight across the collarbone, a seam or a belt across the middle, and a hem across the calf. Three horizontal cuts, each one marking a width. The Adeline removes all three. The neckline runs diagonally across the body and sits off one shoulder, so the eye follows it downward rather than stopping at the widest part of your shoulders — a diagonal is the longest line you can put on a person. There is no waist seam, no belt and no shaping, so the dress falls in one uninterrupted column, and it goes all the way to the floor. The print is painted rather than printed: wide brushstrokes laid across the cloth with no repeat at all, one composition running over the whole dress the way a canvas is, which means nothing lands in a place you would rather it did not. And the sleeves run long and full to the wrist, cut loose rather than close — an open neckline with your arms covered, which is the combination almost nobody makes. The cloth is light enough to move as you walk instead of hanging.

Why you'll love the Adeline

• ✔ A diagonal neckline — it lengthens instead of cutting straight across
• ✔ Nothing across the middle — no waist seam, no belt, nothing to loosen
• ✔ Arms covered — full soft sleeves to the wrist, with the neckline still open
• ✔ Painted, not patterned — no repeat, so nothing lands where you don't want it
• ✔ Floor length in a light cloth — no hem across the calf, and no weight to carry
• ✔ One column, top to bottom — it skims the whole way down

Specifications

• Style — maxi dress, floor length
• Neckline — asymmetric diagonal, sitting off one shoulder
• Sleeve — long, full and soft to the wrist
• Shape — straight column; no waist seam, no belt, no shaping
• Print — large abstract brushwork, no repeat
• Palette — pink, yellow, blue, green and orange on a pale ground
• Fabric — light and fluid
• Colorways — three, including White
• Sizes — S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL. Between sizes? Take the smaller one — it is cut loose throughout.

For the woman who assumed the problem was her, and not the pattern-cutting.
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