Bodycon mini dresses with long sleeves in soft knit

Every one of our bodycon mini dresses has long sleeves, and that’s on purpose. A short, tight hem next to covered arms looks confident instead of bare, so you can wear it to work on a Tuesday and still take it out on Saturday night.

How snug is right in a fitted mini

Close to the body, but smooth. No pulling across the hips, no ridges at the waist when you sit. That’s the test. We grade each style from XS to XL, and an M lands around a UK 10–12, though with a fitted knit your hip measurement matters more than the number you usually buy.

Try it the real way. Sit on a kitchen chair, bend to pick up your keys, walk down a few stairs. If the hem climbs, go one size up. Bodycon mini dresses forgive a lot, but they won’t forgive a size that’s too small, and you’ll feel it by the second hour of a dinner. Smooth underwear close to your skin tone is worth it here, especially under white.

The three keyhole styles in black, pink and white are cut from a cotton knit with 5 % elastane. It’s soft on bare skin and stretches as you move, and there’s a seam under the bust that marks the waist. The little drop opening sits high, so the office won’t mind it with opaque tights and flat boots.

A collar and a warm knit for January

Short in winter isn’t crazy if the fabric pulls its weight. The white and pink angora-blend minis have a slit at the front and feel like a soft sweater, and the gray-blue angora one closes with a stand collar. High turtleneck collars show up in black, red and pink, and again in rib knit, where we sew them in black, white and emerald. With the neck covered, move your jewelry to your wrists. A watch, a bracelet, maybe a ring.

Then there’s velvet. Red, emerald, black and blue velvet minis with a round neck are the party bodycon mini dresses of the page, and the pile looks festive with heels and nothing else. Throw a short coat on top for the trip there.