Annalena™ | Long Evening Dress

A waist made by the drape instead of by boning — so it holds a shape without ever holding on to you.

Fitted evening dresses build their shape out of construction: a seam, boning, a lining that grips and does not let go for six hours. That is why you can look right in one and still spend the entire night waiting to get out of it. The Annalena does it the other way around. The satin is drawn across the body and gathered to one side, where it is caught and held by a crystal ornament, and the pleats radiate out from that single point. The shape comes from the fabric itself, so you get a defined waist with nothing pressing anywhere — and below the gather the dress falls completely free to below the calf, with no shaping over the hip and nothing that needs discreetly loosening between the dinner and the dancing. The ornament is doing real work besides holding the folds: it puts the sparkle at the waist rather than the throat, and with a high, wide boat neck above it the dress arrives already finished, with no necklace to find or match. Instead of bare arms it is cut in one piece through the shoulder into a wide sleeve that flares away to the elbow — no seam on the shoulder, nothing close to the arm, and no wrap to carry all night. The satin has real weight to it, which is why the folds still fan out cleanly at the end of the evening and why the skirt swings as you walk instead of clinging.

Why you'll love the Annalena

• ✔ A waist from the drape — gathered and caught at one side, no seam and no boning
• ✔ Free below the gather — nothing to loosen, and you can eat the whole dinner
• ✔ The jewelry is already on it — a crystal ornament at the waist, high neckline above
• ✔ Sleeves instead of bare arms — wide, flaring to the elbow, no wrap to carry
• ✔ Satin with weight — the folds hold their shape at eleven at night
• ✔ No shoulder seam — cut in one piece, so nothing sits or pulls up there

Specifications

• Style — evening dress, falling below the calf with a curved hem
• Neckline — wide boat neck, high and straight across
• Waist — satin gathered to one side and caught with a crystal ornament
• Sleeve — kimono cut, wide and flaring to the elbow, no shoulder seam
• Skirt — falls completely free below the gather, no shaping
• Fabric — satin with a high shine and real weight
• Colorways — five, including Navy Blue
• Sizes — S, M, L, XL, 2XL. Between sizes? Take the smaller one — it is cut generously.

For the woman with a wedding coming and five weeks of dread about the looking.
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