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Brown smocked dress on a hanger in store

Galt Smocked Dress vs Escalon: Which One?

Two smocked dresses hang near each other in the store, five dollars apart, and the question arrives weekly: what is actually different? The Galt in brown and the Escalon in...

Galt Smocked Dress vs Escalon: Which One?

Two smocked dresses hang near each other in the store, five dollars apart, and the question arrives weekly: what is actually different? The Galt in brown and the Escalon in...

Blue smocked dress on a hanger in store

Escalon Smocked Dress for Days on Your Feet

There is a category of day the fashion conversation skips: the one spent standing. Retail shifts, teaching, hosting, market days, hospital corridors, eight hours of a festival. Clothes for those...

Escalon Smocked Dress for Days on Your Feet

There is a category of day the fashion conversation skips: the one spent standing. Retail shifts, teaching, hosting, market days, hospital corridors, eight hours of a festival. Clothes for those...

Blue shift dress on a hanger in store

Tracy Shift Dress: Denim That Holds Its Shape

By late afternoon, most light summer dresses have given up: creased where you sat, limp where the day was long, clinging where it was warm. The problem is weight —...

Tracy Shift Dress: Denim That Holds Its Shape

By late afternoon, most light summer dresses have given up: creased where you sat, limp where the day was long, clinging where it was warm. The problem is weight —...

Linen mini dress on a hanger in store

Lockeford Linen Mini Dress: Care Guide

Linen is the only fabric in the shop that is guaranteed to be better next year than it is today — the Lockeford's own listing says it softens every time...

Lockeford Linen Mini Dress: Care Guide

Linen is the only fabric in the shop that is guaranteed to be better next year than it is today — the Lockeford's own listing says it softens every time...

Pink cotton maxi dress on a hanger in store

Denair Maxi Dress: Wearing the Slim Line

The Denair belongs to the newer, trimmer generation of our maxis — its listing states plainly that this cut runs less voluminous than earlier ones — and a slimmer long...

Denair Maxi Dress: Wearing the Slim Line

The Denair belongs to the newer, trimmer generation of our maxis — its listing states plainly that this cut runs less voluminous than earlier ones — and a slimmer long...

Cotton short dress on a hanger in store

Hazelton Short Dress: Getting the Fit Right

A plaid sundress lives or dies by fit, because plaid is a grid: every line on it reports whether the dress is sitting straight. The Hazelton — a knee-length cotton...

Hazelton Short Dress: Getting the Fit Right

A plaid sundress lives or dies by fit, because plaid is a grid: every line on it reports whether the dress is sitting straight. The Hazelton — a knee-length cotton...