A white birthday dress in soft velvet

Right now our white birthday dress is a single style, so this page describes that one dress in detail and doesn’t promise a wide choice. It’s a mini in velvet, round at the neck, with sleeves down to the wrist. Covered on top, short below.

White velvet in birthday photos

You’ll be photographed all night. Blowing out candles, hugging friends, holding a glass. Plain white fabric can look flat in pictures like these, but velvet has a soft pile, and that pile gives the dress depth on camera. This is the main reason we sew it in velvet.

The top half stays calm. A round neck and full sleeves keep it closed, so the short hem is the only bold part, and the whole thing looks young without showing much. A thin chain or a small pendant sits nicely at that neckline. Skip anything heavy.

It’s a dress for the colder part of the year. If your birthday falls between October and March, the sleeves will be welcome. For a July party you’d be too warm in it, and our white minis page is the place to look.

Tights, boots and a bag so the white stands out

Here’s the trick with white on fair skin. Put something between the dress and your legs, or the two can blur together in photos. Our pick is tights in your skin tone with a faint sheen, or white boots. Either one draws a clear edge at the hem.

What about the bag? Silver or a champagne shade. For the way there, a pale coat over the top keeps the look light from the door to the table.

Trying on a short velvet dress

This velvet is dense and it sits near the body. So take two measurements, bust and hips, and hold both up to the product page’s chart. It’s sewn in XS to XL, and L matches a US 10.

When it arrives, don’t only stand in front of the mirror. Lift your arms. Sit down on a chair. A mini has to pass both tests, because at your own party you’ll reach across the table and you’ll sit for the toasts. Hem still where you like it? Then the size is right. Short on time before the party? Retail orders leave our workshop within 1–3 working days.