New Year's Eve dress in velvet, lurex or satin

Pick your New Year’s Eve dress by where you’ll be standing at midnight, because a kitchen full of friends and a ballroom ask for very different hems. We sew most of this group in velvet and add lurex and sparkly knit for shine. Every style is made in XS to XL.

Midnight on a friend’s couch in a short velvet or sparkly mini

Apartment parties get loud, warm and a little crowded. Go short. Our chocolate velvet mini covers your shoulders and arms but leaves the legs out, and the skirt crosses over at an angle, which shows a little leg as you walk. Under a lamp that brown pile turns almost copper. Put it with mocha boots and small gold hoops.

The blue one is sparkly knit, fitted, with draping at the waist and a wrapped skirt. Round neck, long sleeves. It hugs, so check your bust and hip against the size table before you choose. We’d wear it with the silver earrings you already own and black pumps you can actually dance in.

A restaurant table, candles and a toast at twelve

Three courses plus a countdown means you’re sitting most of the night. That’s why the midi you want here has some give. Our blue lurex wrap is a knit with metallic thread, it stretches at the table, and the belt lets you set the waist tighter or looser after dessert.

Emerald lurex is the quieter shine. It ends at mid-calf, which works with block-heel ankle boots on an icy sidewalk. Nude or matte black tights. Shiny ones next to metallic thread? Too much.

When the invitation actually says ball

Then it’s floor-length velvet and real heels, since the slit shows your shoes every time you move. The emerald gown is off the shoulder, its sleeves are three-quarter length, and it’s the New Year’s Eve dress we’d send to a hotel ballroom with a gold clutch and long earrings. In red there’s a version with one long sleeve and one open shoulder. Its velvet is dense and stretches well. Hair up, so that shoulder shows.

At the fitting, lift your arms once and make sure the neckline doesn’t pinch. More long and short options sit among our velvet styles in every length, and plenty of them go to December office parties too, so glance at the Christmas party looks while you decide.

Frequently asked questions

How far ahead should I choose a New Year’s Eve dress?

Early December is comfortable. You’ll have time to try it at home with the exact shoes and tights, and to ask our manager if you’re stuck between two sizes.

Which tights go under lurex?

Skin-tone or matte black. Leave the shimmery pairs at home.

Can I stay outside for the fireworks in velvet?

Choose long sleeves and bring a coat you can button all the way. A short faux fur works over the floor-length styles.

What’s the right way to wash velvet once the night’s over?

Inside out, delicate cycle, cool water up to 30 °C, and don’t wring it. A hanger by an open window dries it best, never a radiator. If there’s anything else you’d like to compare first, the full dress catalog has every fabric and length.