Midi sleeve dress with long, short or 3/4 sleeves

Here every midi sleeve dress ends below the knee, and the real choice is how much arm you want covered. Most have long sleeves for fall and winter. Three-quarter sleeves sit in between, and the short ones come back with our summer line in March.

Monday meeting, Friday dinner

Take the black sheath midi. It’s fitted, the neckline is round, the sleeves stop between elbow and wrist, and you’ll wear it in every season. Wear it with a blazer and low pumps to a client meeting at ten. At seven, hang the blazer on your chair and add earrings for dinner downtown. The shorter sleeve leaves your wrist free for a watch. Between two sizes? Go with the one your hips need. Otherwise the skirt tugs on every step. It’s also made in powder pink.

Our rib knit turtleneck midis do the same job in cold weather. The black one has a slit at the leg. Chunky boots and a long coat by day, heeled ankle boots at night, matte black tights. Just one long chain on top of the collar finishes it.

A midi sleeve dress that stands in for a sweater

January, minus five, a long walk from the bus stop. Angora-blend knit with a turtleneck and long sleeves keeps you as warm as a sweater would, and under a puffer it replaces a couple of layers. We sew it in red, white, beige, gray, caramel brown and more. The red one with a black blazer and loafers is office-ready. It fits close, so choose by your hip measurement.

For a party, look at pleats. The white velvet pleated midi has three-quarter sleeves and a skirt that moves on every step. Our black marble velvet has short sleeves, and in fall you can wear a thin black turtleneck under it to the office. Never press pleats flat. A low steamer does it.

Short sleeves for the warm months

Flutter sleeves and an open back make the lemon sateen midi the one for a garden wedding. Hair up, and nothing fastening across your back underneath. Muslin wraps with a full short sleeve and a ruffled hem come in light blue and pink. There’s white linen with bare shoulders for a seaside dinner, too, and a black polka dot wrap that’s fine at a meeting and at drinks after. A short-sleeved midi dress like that is the easy answer when a mini feels too short for the day.