novella dress

Puff-sleeve mini dress with slit
$148 $58.99
rich mocha brown #103756
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A baroness walked into a bar

And everybody gasped. This is a puff-sleeve mini dress with a sweetheart neckline, puff sleeves, thigh slit and smocked back panel for a more versatile fit. It's cut from ReCrepe™, lightweight, drapey crepe fabric made with LENZING™ ECOVERO™ Viscose — responsibly sourced wood-based fibres produced through a process that reduces impact on forests, biodiversity and water supply. 

Responsible Forestry
Features
  • Fully lined
  • Invisible zip closure at side seam
  • Princess seams for shaping
  • Elastic encased in shoulder caps
Materials & Care
  • Content: 52% viscose, 48%  LENZING™ ECOVERO™ Viscos; Elastic: 70% polyester, 30% elastane
  • Care: Hand wash
  • Imported
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  • Fit: Slim — Streamlined to fit close to the body
  • Length: Mini — Intended to hit between mid thigh and low thigh
  • Model is 5'10"/178 cm wearing a size 4
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3.9 / 5.0
16 Reviews
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8 (1)
Rated 4 out of 5
In love
Love the material and how the dress fit on me. It’s a must buy !
July 12, 2023
Purchased
10 months ago
Rated 5 out of 5
Flattering dress
Fits perfectly and a great dress for something formal/ semi-formal. Would recommend!
June 29, 2023
Purchased
10 months ago
Rated 5 out of 5
Love it
Does wrinkle but is a beautiful dress
May 26, 2023
Purchased
11 months ago
Rated 5 out of 5
My favourite dress!
This dress is amazing. So flattering on everyone I’ve recommended it to as well. Snatches your waist but still super comfy. Purchased it in white, brown and black and I love all three. I would recommend maybe sizing down, I’m usually a 2 in aritzia clothing and I wear a 0 in this dress. For reference I’m 5’7” 140llbs.
May 24, 2023
Purchased
11 months ago
Rated 2 out of 5
How Does it Fit?
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What Size Did You Order?
6
Poor fit
Cute dress but Overall poor fit and runs small. Fabrics is very wrinkly despite steaming. Barely covers my chest despite having small/medium boobs.
May 24, 2023
Purchased
11 months ago
What's Your Height?:
5ft 3in
What's Your Usual Size?:
6
Rated 5 out of 5
How Does it Fit?
Smaller
 
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What Size Did You Order?
8
LOVE IT
I got this in dark brown and it’s so cute and the fit is incredible! So flattering. I’m now getting it in other colors too!
May 22, 2023
What's Your Height?:
5ft 6in
What's Your Usual Size?:
6
Rated 5 out of 5
Such a lovely dress 💖
Bought this dress for my informal wedding. Perfect fit, great fabric, good lining in cups (although I am still adding lining for extra protection). Fits tru to size
December 26, 2022
Purchased
1 year ago
Rated 4 out of 5
very cute
I love this dress, I received a lot of compliments when i wore it. as a tall gal it can be hard to find dresses that fit well and aren’t too short. the length was great, and sized up as I have a big, which worked out perfectly for me.
December 5, 2022
Purchased
1 year ago
Rated 5 out of 5
Overall very nice
Very nice fit; flattering
November 23, 2022
Purchased
1 year ago
Rated 1 out of 5
Wrinkles so badly and is a see through material!!
Sit or bend over at all and the dress wrinkles very badly. Bought this dress for my moms wedding and it wrinkled so badly within 10 minutes of wearing it. Looks so bad in all photos and the colour I bought (snow melt blue) was VERY transparent. Costs a ridiculous amount to be an unwearable material. Very unpleased with this purchase.
November 12, 2022