Long sleeve party dress, velvet and lurex knit

With a long sleeve party dress you can skip the cardigan, the shawl and the worry about a cold room. We sew ours mostly in velvet and lurex knit, from short to floor length. Below they’re grouped by the kind of night you’ve got ahead.

From your desk to the restaurant in one dress

Some evenings start at work. For those we’d pick the chocolate velvet mini. It covers shoulders and arms, shows the legs, and gathers into soft folds from waist to hip. Its hem crosses over at an angle, so you’ll flash a bit of leg with each step. Black tights make it stricter. Nude ones lighten it.

If you’d rather stay covered below the knee, there’s a black turtleneck midi with a close fit. Wear it through the day under a camel blazer and loafers. Come evening, heeled ankle boots and silver earrings are the only change. A wide bracelet over the sleeve does the job of a necklace.

Lurex knit for birthdays and New Year’s Eve

Need sparkle without sequins? Lurex knit has a metallic thread running through it, and it shimmers every time you move. Our purple long sleeve party dress in this fabric is a close-fitting mini, round at the neck, and it suits a birthday at a club. Keep the jewelry small, since the fabric already shines.

The blue mini is draped at the waist and has a wrapped skirt, and the two shape the figure nicely for an office party or a restaurant birthday. A blue wrap midi takes the same shimmer to a family table. Its belt sets the fit, and the knit stretches, so nothing presses after the second course. Black pumps or silver sandals go with either blue.

A long party dress with sleeves, in emerald velvet

Going full length? The emerald velvet maxi covers the arms completely, and a leg slit gives you room to move. Velvet’s thick pile looks festive by itself, so we left the dress plain. Put on heels. You’ll see them through the slit, and the hem stays clear of the floor. Gold earrings like this green.

When you try it on, check that the sleeve doesn’t pinch at the shoulder and that the dress lies evenly over bust and hips. From here you can open all party styles, every dress with full sleeves, the sparkly party group or velvet with long sleeves.