Elegant evening dress in velvet, lurex or satin

An elegant evening dress doesn’t need sequins to look festive. Most of ours are velvet, whose soft pile catches restaurant light on its own, and the rest are lurex knit with a metallic thread or silky satin for the warmer months.

Floor-length velvet for a ball, a gala or a wedding reception

Going to a formal reception? Our dark navy velvet mermaid hugs you as far as the knee, then opens out toward the floor. You can walk in it, and you can pose in it. Round neck and long sleeves keep the arms and shoulders covered in winter. Size it by your hips, since the mermaid line sits closest there.

For a New Year’s ball we’d point you to the champagne velvet that leaves one shoulder bare. A slit up the leg makes each step easy. It warms to gold under evening lights. Sweep your hair to the side with the sleeve, leaving the bare shoulder in view, and choose shoes in the same champagne tone.

Every long gown here needs heels. With flats the hem drags, so try the gown on with the exact pair you’ll wear.

Midis and minis for the theater, a work party or New Year at home

The red velvet midi has its own little belt, so you won’t need another one. It’s what we’d wear to the company party, to a family New Year and to a business dinner. Pumps on a steady heel are right under a hem that ends below the knee.

Planning to dance? A pleated skirt moves with every step. Our white pleated velvet midi has three-quarter sleeves that leave the wrists free for a bracelet. It suits an engagement party, though you’ll want to go easy on the red wine.

A black velvet mini with long sleeves covers two events at once, the office party and New Year’s Eve. Pick the size by your hips, otherwise the short hem rides up when you walk. Its cousin on thin straps is for a cocktail bar. An oversized blazer covers your shoulders on the street, and it comes off once the dancing begins.

Not every evening is in winter. For a summer cocktail there’s emerald satin in a wrap, with long sleeves that keep a short dress from feeling too bare, and gold earrings look best on that green. A black sheath midi with three-quarter sleeves works all year, from a client meeting straight to dinner once you lose the blazer.

Want to narrow it down? See our full-length gowns, the velvet range or the evening midis.