6 Essential Winter Maxi Dresses
Even when winter marks its arrival with plunging temperatures, as an authority on intelligently designed dresses, our styles continue to indulge your dress obsession throughout the year - winter being no exception. Transition through the seasons and style with classic winter layering pieces and knitwear and choose silhouettes that address your changing sartorial needs.
Our edit of six key maxi dresses champion the moment the mercury drops and well after it’s started its rise to signal summer’s arrival.
1. The solution to a busy working day followed by after-hours socialising
The Contrast Maxi
Winter is the time we’re torn between hibernating at home and finding comfort in our favorite local haunts, a friend’s house, or a bustling restaurant. When an invite for a post-work event lands in your inbox and you don’t have time to make a costume change, the solution is long dresses that require no additions for them to look equally at home in refined settings as they do in more relaxed ones.
Championing a bold monochrome palette, our Contrast Panel Pearl Zip Maxi Dress fits the bill. The style heroes a black base outlined with a contrasting cream trim that emphasizes your waist, the zipped neckline, and the leg-lengthening side stripe.
Play with different heel heights to set different tones - a smaller one instantly feels more professional while a tall block one creates a more evening-leaning finish. A longline coat keeps the cold at bay as you dash between destinations and should you want to keep on your extra layers when you arrive, a cropped jacket doesn’t detract from the style’s flattering silhouette.
2. The solution to hosting at home
The Metallic Stripe Maxi
A few weeks ago when the invites were sent, you were filled with a sense of excitement; Pinterest boards were bursting with decor ideas and post-it notes divided almost every page of your cookbooks. Now, however, the reality of hosting has set in, specific ingredients seem scarce on every supermarket shelf and you haven’t even begun to consider what to wear.
We might not be able to take on the role of sous chef, but we can eliminate any sartorial pressures on the day. In a comfortable, uncomplicated round-neck cut, our Metallic Zig Zag Chevron Fit and Flare Maxi Dress is crafted from stretch viscose detailed with metallic threading that emphasizes the striped pattern working its way over the sides.
Comfortable and instantly introducing a sense of fun to proceedings, it can be dressed up with dramatic drop earrings and metallic heels, too, when the time comes for someone else to play host.
3. The color pop solution
The Winter Lilac Silk Maxi
No one ever said bright colour was the reserve of warmer months. This season, fall and winter dresses are embracing glorious technicolor.
In a bold lilac shade that knocks classic blacks and navys out of the water, our Silk Full-Length Dress With Corsage + Belt is crafted from semi-sheer silk lined with viscose georgette to minimise transparency. Cinch in your waist with the optional belt to create a more defined fit or secure it as a necktie, style with or without the corsage and adjust the length of the sleeves with the fitted cuffs to answer different dress codes and settings.
4. The town-to-country solution
The Knitted Dress
Equally at home next to country pub’s roaring fire as it is on city streets, our Merino Cashmere Button Detail Vest Dress + Snood heroes a classic black colorway and luxurious blend of merino wool and cashmere. Texturally marking the seasons’ change, the fabric has a soft hand feel that introduces a sense of warmth to the sleeveless style that can be layered up over slim-fit tops and sweaters alike on the coldest days.
Endlessly adaptable, it heroes a trio of buttons at the hem to create a more fluid or fitted silhouette and a detachable snood that transforms the round neckline into a high-neck one.
Pull on a pair of Chelsea boots beneath the hem or opt for a classic brogue when you’re in the city.
5. The answer to work-to-weekend outfitting
The Printed Maxi
Whether you’re getting ready on a Monday morning or a Saturday evening, our Digital Dot Print Satin Maxi Shirt Dress is the sartorial answer. Detailed with a line of buttons running down the center that allows you to alter the neckline, as well as a shirred panel at the back that subtly cinches in your waist, it speaks to both office settings and weekend brunching ones.
Designed in our London studio, a bespoke print covers the style’s satin fabric, introducing black detailing that grounds the bright turquoise shade. Adding a feminine finish, the fitted cuffs are detailed with pleated details that emphasize the shape of the balloon sleeves topped with perfectly proportioned shoulder poufs.
6. The wear-to-everything contemporary classic
The Twist-Front LBD
A truth universally acknowledged: a classic black dress always hits the mark.
Our Fluid Crepe Twist Front Maxi Dress is - quite literally - a twist on the eveningwear staple. Framed by long sleeves that fit close to your arms, a high neck and keyhole detail lead to a twist above your waist that pulls in the fabric at the sides to create a flattering silhouette.
