Thelma™ Mandarin Collar Maxi Dress

Fitted in one place, and letting go everywhere else.

Meet the Thelma — the white linen maxi with a proper waist seam and a skirt cut as a full circle beneath it. Fitted usually means fitted at the shoulder and the bust and the hip and halfway down the thigh all at once, which is why so many women stop buying it; here the shaping stops at the waist and everything below simply falls away, so you get a real line without anything holding on. There's several times the fabric in that skirt, enough that side pockets vanish completely into the folds, and the linen has the weight to hang and swing rather than cling. At the throat sits a low mandarin collar with five small buttons — nothing to gape when you lean over a table. Lovingly offered by the Clarke family, a family-run South Carolina boutique since 1986.

Why you'll love the Thelma:

• Fitted at the waist only — a shaped bodice above, and nothing holding on below it.
• A full circle skirt — cut, not gathered, so nothing under the waist is traced.
• Hidden pockets — they disappear into the folds, which a fitted dress usually can't manage.
• A mandarin collar — closed at the throat, so nothing falls open when you lean forward.
• Linen with weight — the skirt hangs and swings instead of blowing about, and it stays cool.
• Sizes S–2XL — the bodice is genuinely fitted, so check the size chart on this one rather than guessing.

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