Dark green dresses in a deep emerald shade

If you’ve been after a dark green dress that isn’t olive or khaki, every style here is the same deep emerald. It comes in velvet, rib knit, lurex and satin, and the right one depends on where you’re headed.

Rib knit on a windy weekday, velvet at the family table

It’s October, it’s windy, and the workday runs late. That’s the morning for our green rib turtleneck midi. The collar comes up high and the sleeves go to the wrist, so you can often leave the scarf at home. At the office it takes a thin belt and loafers. Swap them for pumps and gold earrings at night.

The Mustang rib midi with a round neck sits close to the body. Mustang is a firm, springy rib knit. Try it with a camel coat and cognac boots, or a black blazer for work, and a gold pendant at the neckline. There’s a rib turtleneck mini too, and that one is all-season. In spring it’s a jean jacket and white sneakers. Come fall, a black coat and tall flat boots.

For a family celebration or the theater, our velvet midi keeps a closed round neckline and long sleeves, and it feels festive without showing much. Nude pumps. Knee boots when it’s freezing. Brown or black for the bag.

A dark green dress looks rich with gold jewelry, and it sits happily next to the camel coat, the cognac boots and the beige scarf that are probably already hanging in your hallway, so you won’t have to buy a whole new outfit around it. More shades of this color are on our main green dresses page.

Pleats, lurex and a floor-length gown after dark

New Year’s Eve with dancing? Wear the pleated emerald midi, since the pleats move with you and pick up the light in their folds. It has short sleeves, and in the cold months a thin black turtleneck underneath works well. Lurex sparkles in two cuts, a midi that ends at mid-calf and a short wrap you’d wear with matte black tights.

For a wedding or a formal reception, look at the floor-length velvet with open shoulders, three-quarter sleeves and a slit. Stilettos show in the slit. A short fur jacket or a shawl goes over it outside and comes off in the hall. If you want this dark green dress in other long styles, see our green formal gowns or the velvet styles in green.

Most styles here are fitted. Measure your bust and hips, then hold those numbers up against our size chart, since a close cut in velvet or rib knit won’t hide a size that’s too small, and our XS to XL range puts a US 4 at about our S.