Farmington Maxi Dress: A Fit Guide
How does an ankle-length A-line actually wear once it is on? That is the question worth answering before you order the Farmington, because this dress has more working parts than its quiet green colour suggests: puff sleeves, a hidden placket, and a belt that can change its whole silhouette.
Start with the fabric
The Farmington is cut from cotton and silk, block printed, and lined in cotton, made in India. The silk content is what gives the fabric its softness and drape; the cotton and the lining are what make it comfortable to wear for a full day. Because it is lined, the dress hangs with a bit of body rather than floating — worth knowing if you are picturing something gauzy.
The shape, from shoulder to hem
The cut is A-line and runs to the ankle. Worn without the belt, it falls away from the body from the shoulder down, which is the loosest and coolest way to wear it. The front closes on a button placket, and the placket sits under a ruched covering — so the front of the dress reads as a clean gathered panel, not a row of buttons.
The sleeves, up close
The sleeves are raglan puff sleeves, which means the seam runs from the underarm to the neckline instead of sitting on the shoulder point. That is a forgiving construction: there is no shoulder seam to sit in the wrong place. Each sleeve gathers into an elastic cuff finished with a ruffle at the edge, so the cuff stays where you push it without a button.
The belt is the fit adjustment
A separate tie belt comes with the dress, and part of it is elastic. This is the piece that decides how the Farmington fits you. Leave it off and you have a straight-falling A-line. Tie it and the elastic lets you pull the waist in to where you want it, without the stiffness of a fixed waistband. One dress, two silhouettes, and the choice is yours each morning.
Choosing your size
The Farmington runs the full XS to XL, which covers US 0 through 18 on our sizing. Because the cut is loose through the body and the waist is set by the belt rather than the seams, this is one of the styles where falling between sizes is not a problem — in cuts like this, most people are happier in the larger of the two. Check your bust measurement first, since the shoulders and sleeves are the only fitted points.
The Farmington Maxi Dress in green is $44.99, and the product page shows the placket, the cuffs and the belt in detail, along with every size.
If you want the length without the sleeves
The Farmington is the covered-arm option in its group. If you would rather have straps or a sleeveless cut at the same ankle length, the rest of the maxi dress collection runs the same five sizes across cotton, linen and silk blends — same lengths, different amounts of coverage.