Velvet Xmas dresses, Christmas velvet dress styles

Velvet Xmas dresses do half the decorating for you, because the pile picks up every string of lights in the room. We cut ours in red, emerald, burgundy, blue, black and paler shades, from minis to floor length. If you typed Christmas velvet dress into the search bar, you’re in the right place too.

Family dinner, the office party or a night of dancing

Where will you spend the evening? For a long dinner with relatives we’d take the red velvet midi with a belt. The belt sets the waist for you, a V-neck with long sleeves makes it festive yet modest, and block-heel pumps suit a hem below the knee.

Office parties are kinder to a mini. Our chocolate brown one is closed over the shoulders and arms, with the legs on show, which helps when the night starts at your desk and ends in a restaurant. Soft folds gather from waist to hip. Its hem wraps over at an angle and shows some leg with each step. In lamplight the brown pile turns coppery.

Dancing changes the brief. Two knee-length dresses, emerald and burgundy, have a half-circle skirt that flies out on every turn. Spin once at the fitting. You’ll see it straight away. The burgundy one hides a cutout on the back, so wear your hair up.

Which velvet shade looks best beside the tree

White is the surprise. Our white pleated velvet midi photographs well against a dark room or the tree itself, and its three-quarter sleeves leave your wrists free for a bracelet. Red doesn’t get lost in evening light either, which matters if someone’s taking pictures all night.

Emerald looks deeper in warm light. The emerald mini with long sleeves needs nothing more than gold rings, and there’s a strappy emerald mini if the room will be warm. Marsala is the wine-dark option. That mini is 88 cm long, with a stand collar and sleeves cut in an unusual shape, so it doesn’t want a necklace.

Prefer something pale? Beige velvet looks warm and soft at a holiday table. The beige midi has a fairly deep wrap neckline, so plan for a low-cut bra and size it by your bust.

For a formal ball there are floor-length styles, including a champagne gold one with a single sleeve and a slit.

We sew velvet Xmas dresses for the cold season, and our advice is to choose early. That leaves time to try yours on at home before December fills up. Every style is made in XS to XL. Keep looking through all Christmas dresses, the full range of velvet dresses, or the red velvet ones on their own.