Long sleeve holiday dresses for December evenings

The office party, the family table and the candlelit dinner

Take the office party. Our red velvet midi comes with its own narrow belt, so the waist is set without you hunting for one. A V-neck and full sleeves make it festive yet modest enough for a room full of colleagues. Pumps with a steady heel suit the below-the-knee length.

At a family table you’ll want comfort more than shine. The milk-white turtleneck midi in angora blend is soft, warm and doesn’t itch. It even copes with a house that’s never quite heated enough. Ordinary thick tights are all it asks for underneath.

Dinner by candles and string lights calls for the blue wrap midi in lurex knit. Every small flame shows up in the thread. The knit stretches, so nothing digs in once dinner is served, and a belt lets you set the wrap where your waist is.

Velvet for New Year’s Eve, short or to the floor

Most of our holiday styles are velvet, and there’s a reason. The pile soaks up light, so emerald, burgundy and red photograph deep instead of shiny. Do you want to dance? Then a short velvet dress, round at the neck, is our easy answer, and we make that shape in black, red, blue, emerald, burgundy and white.

Going long is a different mood. The burgundy floor-length velvet has a slit at the leg that opens as you walk, and in warm light the wine color looks darker still. Try it on in the shoes you’ve planned for the night. In heels, the hem shouldn’t brush the ground.

Somewhere between the two sits the emerald wrap midi. You tie its belt at your natural waist, and the wrap lies flat. It’s closed without being strict, good till midnight and after.

Picking a long sleeve holiday dress ahead of the season

Holiday styles belong to our cold-weather collection, so look early and take your measurements before the rush of December. We cut each of them in XS through XL. For fitted velvet, go by your hips. For anything that wraps, measure the bust first, since the tie sorts out your waist.

One practical note. Sparkly lurex already shines, so keep jewelry small with it, and save the big earrings for plain velvet. From here you can see the whole holiday collection, narrow it to velvet for the holidays, or check all our dresses with long sleeves.

Frequently asked questions

Isn’t velvet with full sleeves too warm for a heated room?

Usually not. In a restaurant or a hall it replaces the wrap you’d otherwise carry, and that’s the point.

What’s the safe way to clean velvet once the holidays are over?

Inside out, on the delicate program, in water no warmer than 30 °C. Let it dry hanging up, and keep radiators out of it.

Can a turtleneck dress look festive?

Yes. In red or milk white it already looks like a celebration, and earrings do the rest since the neck is covered.

Which length works for a dressy dinner?

Midi. It’s right for a table, a theater seat and a walk to the car in the cold.