Homecoming knee length dresses in velvet and knit

Homecoming knee length dresses handle the usual fall mix of a chilly stadium and a gym that gets hot by the third song. The hems land at the knee or a touch lower. You can climb the bleachers, sit in the car and dance without checking your skirt every five minutes.

Long sleeves for the bleachers, bare shoulders for the gym

Our black knee-length dress puts open shoulders together with long sleeves. Your arms stay covered while the neckline does the work. It has slits as well, and we don’t tie it to a season, so it suits an early homecoming and a late one.

Skip the necklace.

Big earrings and your hair pulled up keep that shoulder line clean in every photo. Pick the size by your bust measurement, because that’s what keeps the neckline on your shoulders instead of sliding down.

Love velvet? In red, our dropped-shoulder cut goes a little past the knee, with sleeves ending between elbow and wrist. The fabric’s thick enough to keep you warm in a drafty hall. For the game, keep a cropped jacket on top. Inside, it comes off.

A white angora turtleneck or red with a soft sheen

When the game’s outdoors and the evening turns cold, the white angora-blend dress with a high neck is the cozy pick. It’s a loose cut with long sleeves, and a puffer goes over it with no lumps. You can wear the collar tall or folded over. Is it a dance dress? Add heels and earrings and it gets close, and you’ll keep reaching for it long after homecoming week.

The red style with a soft sheen keeps the neckline round and covers your arms to the wrist. Its polyester-elastane fabric stretches a little, which helps on a crowded dance floor. If you’d like the waist sharper, we’d add a thin belt in the color of your shoes.

Homecoming comes early in the school year, so start looking a few weeks ahead and leave yourself time to settle on a size. For more colors and lengths, the main homecoming page has them all, and our red picks for the dance have their own page.