{"product_id":"candice-elegant-spring-dress","title":"Candice | Elegant Spring Dress","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheer enough to read as an evening dress, built so nothing has to be held in place.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA deep surplice V on a fine embroidered ground has two places it tends to let you down. The crossover is usually tacked only at the waist seam, so the two panels slide apart the moment you reach across a table and the V opens a good deal wider than it did in the mirror. The other is the empire seam, which is the whole architecture of a dress like this: cut a fraction too short and it lands on the bust instead of beneath it, which starts the gathers at the fullest point and bells the skirt out from the chest rather than from the ribs. There is a third thing that turns up on a floor-length embroidered overlay. The embroidered layer floats, but the layer beneath it is often cut narrower and straighter, so it catches on the hip while the top layer keeps moving, and a drag line appears across the front that you cannot smooth away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Candice Elegant Spring Dress answers all three at the construction. The V is edged with a solid sage band that runs the full length of the crossover down into the waist seam, so the opening has a finished, weighted edge holding its line instead of a raw sheer edge that rolls open. The sage waistband is set clearly below the bust, and every gather in the skirt releases from underneath it. And the skirt is cut full straight off that one band, so it falls from a single point rather than catching somewhere partway down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy it works\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSolid sage band edging the V:\u003c\/strong\u003e a firm finished edge down both sides of the crossover, so the opening keeps its shape when you move instead of sliding apart.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEmpire band set below the bust:\u003c\/strong\u003e the gathers start under the fullest point, so the volume falls away from the body rather than being added at it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFull A-line skirt released from the waistband:\u003c\/strong\u003e all the width comes from one seam, so the skirt swings from a single point and does not catch across the hip.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThree-quarter sleeves that widen towards the elbow:\u003c\/strong\u003e no cuff and no elastic, so nothing grips the upper arm and the sleeve falls open at its widest.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSide seam pockets set into the skirt:\u003c\/strong\u003e below the waistband rather than in it, so using them does not drag on the band.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEmbroidery scattered across the whole ground:\u003c\/strong\u003e an even all-over scatter with a denser band at the hem, so nothing has to line up at a seam.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFit note\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRelaxed everywhere except the empire band, which is the one fixed measurement in the dress. If you are between sizes at the bust, take the larger one and the skirt will still hang correctly. The embroidered ground reads opaque through the body and stays sheer through the sleeves, so the arms are lightly veiled rather than covered. It is a pull-on shape with no zip. The skirt is cut for floor length, so a low heel keeps the hem clear of the ground; flat sandals will let it brush. Sizes M to 4XL.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melanie Melbourne","offers":[{"title":"Green \/ M","offer_id":57634219753847,"sku":null,"price":69.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Green \/ L","offer_id":57634219786615,"sku":null,"price":69.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Green \/ XL","offer_id":57634219819383,"sku":null,"price":69.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Green \/ 2XL","offer_id":57634219852151,"sku":null,"price":69.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Green \/ 3XL","offer_id":57634219884919,"sku":null,"price":69.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Green \/ 4XL","offer_id":57634219917687,"sku":null,"price":69.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0988\/8507\/5319\/files\/Opaque_Sage_Floral_Wrap_Gown.png?v=1792701878","url":"https:\/\/www.melanie-melbourne.com\/products\/candice-elegant-spring-dress","provider":"Melanie Melbourne","version":"1.0","type":"link"}