Elegant red evening gowns in velvet, from floor-length to midi

Our elegant red evening gowns are velvet, and the longest ones reach the floor, cut with a single sleeve and a leg slit. If a gown means full length to you, those are where to begin. The rest of this page is red evening dresses in midi and mini, which suit dinners and parties with a looser dress code.

An anniversary, an awards night, a winter ball

Big evenings ask for length. We sew two floor-length styles in red velvet, both with a single long sleeve, the other shoulder bare and a side slit that opens as you step. On one of them the waist sits high, which makes your legs look longer. This velvet is thick, with plenty of stretch, so it follows the body evenly and you can still dance.

A third long dress, a maxi, keeps the one-sleeve line but skips the slit. It’s warm enough for a winter celebration, and the color looks richer under lamps. With any of the three, leave your neck bare and wear earrings only, since the asymmetry is the ornament. Hair up helps. So do thin-heeled sandals, because the slit puts your shoes on show.

Red velvet midis for dinner, theater and the office party

Is the invitation less strict? Then a midi may be the smarter pick. The belted one is cut with a V-neck and full sleeves, and we’d wear it to a business dinner or a family New Year’s table with pumps on a steady heel. Another midi has a round neck and a slit, so it’s covered up top and easy to walk in.

If the evening will be mostly dancing, look at pleated velvet. One version leaves the shoulders open, with sleeves to three-quarter length. The other has a round neckline, short sleeves and a pleated skirt that follows each step. We’d also point to the style with dropped shoulders and a small slit, which stops at the knee or slightly lower and looks right at a restaurant birthday.

Warm knits and short hems that still feel dressed up

Velvet isn’t the only cloth here. A rib-knit turtleneck midi opens in a leg slit, and stiletto heels with sheer black tights take it to a cocktail evening. Its cousin in soft angora-blend knit covers neck and arms, so one dress can do a frosty office morning and the dinner afterwards. Just change the shoes.

Short red evening dresses in velvet are here as well, with long sleeves, a wrap front or one bare shoulder. We make everything in XS to XL. Compare more lengths in all red evening styles, or browse red velvet, red maxis and gowns that touch the floor.