Eden | Short Sleeve Button Front Waist Tie Midi Dress

A waist you set yourself — a length of cloth instead of a seam, so the fit is your decision and you can change it after lunch.

A sewn waistband is one measurement in one position, chosen by somebody who has never met you. It is comfortable in a fitting room at eleven in the morning and quietly unbearable by eight at night, and there is nothing to be done about it. The Eden uses a length of the same cloth instead: you put the waist exactly where it suits you, pull it as close or as loose as you like, and untie it and tie it again whenever you want. The fabric is eyelet — every flower is a shape punched right through the cotton and finished at the edges, which gives it real depth rather than a pattern lying flat on the surface, and means it cannot fade, crack or wash away the way a print does. Those thousands of small openings do something else too: the air goes straight through, so a full cotton dress that looks like it ought to be warm is the coolest thing you can put on in August. Above the tie there is a pointed collar and a row of small buttons down the front, so the neckline holds its shape and nothing has to go over your head. Below it the cloth is gathered and released into a full skirt to mid-calf, with real room in it — nothing pulling across the hip when you sit, and a proper swing when you walk.

Why you'll love the Eden

• ✔ You set the waist — a fabric tie, as high and as loose as you want it
• ✔ And you can reset it — untie and tie again, any time in the day
• ✔ The pattern can't fade — eyelet cut through the cloth, not printed on it
• ✔ Genuinely cool to wear — thousands of openings, so the air goes through
• ✔ Nothing over your head — a collar and buttons down the front
• ✔ Room in the skirt — gathered and full to mid-calf, nothing pulls when you sit

Specifications

• Style — midi shirt dress, falling to mid-calf
• Fabric — eyelet cotton; floral shapes punched through the cloth
• Waist — self-tie in the same fabric, knotted at the front
• Collar — pointed shirt collar
• Front — buttons down the front; no zip
• Sleeve — short, to just above the elbow
• Skirt — gathered and full
• Color — White
• Sizes — S, M, L, XL. Between sizes? Take the larger one and tie the waist where you want it.

For the woman whose dresses were all comfortable in the store.
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