Mini short sleeve dress for summer days and nights

Bare knees, covered shoulders. A mini short sleeve dress gives you both, which is why we cut so many of our summer styles this way. They belong to the warm-season collection and come back to the catalog when the weather does.

Wrap minis with tie sleeves and a ruffle collar

The yellow floral wrap has the most going on. There’s a ruffle collar, a flared skirt that skims past the hips, and short sleeves that tie, so you decide how full they look. Its white sister with yellow flowers frames the face with the same ruffle. What do you wear to a picnic? That one, with white sneakers.

In pink we sew a floral wrap from lightweight viscose with a belt at the waist. It’s soft and pleasant on a hot day in the city. A black floral wrap in a fabric that barely wrinkles is the travel pick. Fold it into the suitcase and put it on when you arrive. Polka dots on black are there too.

Cotton muslin and open shoulders for real heat

Is muslin see-through? Ours isn’t. The pink wrap is cut from double-layer cotton muslin, so it stays light without showing anything, and slits with ties decorate its short sleeves. A ruffle runs along the hem.

White muslin with a tiny black print drops the neckline to the shoulders. Let the print choose your extras, meaning black sandals and a black chain bag. There’s a white linen mini with open shoulders as well, and a pale pink one with white dots whose neckline shows the collarbones.

Silky satin prints once the sun goes down

Our satin has a soft sheen, and it isn’t natural silk. The light blue floral has flutter sleeves and a square neck, and a thin gold chain looks right in that opening. On black with small red flowers the fabric is 98 % polyester and the rest is elastane. That one has a round neck, and ruffles finish the hem.

Plain red in a wrap cut needs almost nothing with it. Another black style prints roses on the fabric and has tiny ties at the sleeves. We’d wear heeled sandals with any of these for a date.

Each mini short sleeve dress is made in XS to XL. Since the waist of a wrap is adjustable, go by your bust. Then compare with summer minis of every cut, go longer on short-sleeve summer dresses, or see all wrap minis.